Progress M-33

Progress M-33 (Russian: Прогресс M-33) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-33

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1996-066A
SATCAT no.	24633[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.233)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	19 November 1996, 23:20:38 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	12 March 1997, 03:23:37 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	197 km[4]
Apogee altitude	242 km[4]
Inclination	51.7°[4]
Period	88.6 minutes[4]
Epoch	19 November 1996
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[4]
Docking date	22 November 1996, 01:01:30 UTC
Undocking date	6 February 1997, 12:13:53 UTC
Progress (spacecraft)

Launch

Progress M-33 launched on 19 November 1996 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]

Docking

Progress M-33 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 22 November 1996 at 01:01:30 UTC, and was undocked on 6 February 1997 at 12:13:53 UTC.[3][4] An unsuccessful redocking attempt was made on 4 March 1997 at 07:41 UTC.[4]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 12 March 1997, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 02:35:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 03:23:37 UTC.[3][4]

See also

• 1996 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. "Mir". Astronautix. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
4. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-33"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
5. "Progress M-33". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.