Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1987-066A |
SATCAT no. | 18283[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.138) |
Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 3 August 1987, 20:44:11 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 23 September 1987, 00:22:00 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 187 km[3] |
Apogee altitude | 250 km[3] |
Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
Period | 88.9 minutes[3] |
Epoch | 3 August 1987 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
Docking date | 5 August 1987, 22:27:35 UTC |
Undocking date | 21 September 1987, 23:57:41 UTC |
Progress 31 (Russian: Прогресс 31) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.