Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1993-019A |
SATCAT no. | 22588 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 7,250 kilograms (15,980 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 31 March 1993, 03:34:13 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 3 March 1994, 03:28 | UTC
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 391 kilometres (243 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 391 kilometres (243 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 Aft |
Docking date | 1 April 1993, 05:16:18 UTC |
Undocking date | 11 August 1993, 15:36:42 UTC |
Time docked | 132 days |
Progress Mir Resupply |
Progress M-17 (Russian: Прогресс М-17) was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1993 to resupply the Mir space station.[2] The thirty-fifth of sixty-four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration,[3] and had the serial number 217.[4] In addition to delivering cargo, Progress M-17 was also used to demonstrate extended duration Progress missions; remaining in orbit for almost a year with a docked phase lasting 132 days.