Progress 17

Progress 17 (Russian: Прогресс 17) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1983 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Progress 17

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Salyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID	1983-085A
SATCAT no.	14283[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.119)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	17 August 1983, 12:08:23 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	17 September 1983, 23:43 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	189 km[3]
Apogee altitude	242 km[3]
Inclination	51.6°[3]
Period	88.8 minutes[3]
Epoch	18 September 1983
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking port	Aft[3]
Docking date	19 August 1983, 13:47 UTC
Undocking date	17 September 1983, 11:44 UTC
Progress (spacecraft)

Launch

Progress 17 launched on 17 August 1983 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 17 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 19 August 1983 at 13:47 UTC, and was undocked on 17 September 1983 at 11:44 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 17 September 1983, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 23:43 UTC, with the mission ending at 00:30 UTC the following day.[3][5]

See also

• 1983 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Salyut space stations

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 17"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
4. "Progress 17". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Retrieved 6 December 2020.