Progress 17

Progress 17
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID1983-085A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.14283[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.119)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date17 August 1983, 12:08:23 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date17 September 1983, 23:43 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude189 km[3]
Apogee altitude242 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.8 minutes[3]
Epoch18 September 1983
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking portAft[3]
Docking date19 August 1983, 13:47 UTC
Undocking date17 September 1983, 11:44 UTC

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.

  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 17"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.