Progress M-30
![]() A Progress-M spacecraft  | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply | 
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1995-070A | 
| SATCAT no. | 23744[1] | 
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.230) | 
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] | 
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia | 
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 18 December 1995, 14:31:35 UTC[1] | 
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] | 
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | 
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited | 
| Decay date | 22 February 1996, 11:02:36 UTC[3] | 
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric | 
| Regime | Low Earth | 
| Perigee altitude | 194 km[4] | 
| Apogee altitude | 316 km[4] | 
| Inclination | 51.6°[4] | 
| Period | 89.6 minutes[4] | 
| Epoch | 18 December 1995 | 
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[4] | 
| Docking date | 20 December 1995, 16:10:15 UTC | 
| Undocking date | 22 February 1996, 07:24:00 UTC | 
Progress M-30 (Russian: Прогресс M-30) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress M-30 launched on 8 December 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Docking
Progress M-30 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 20 December 1995 at 16:10:15 UTC, and was undocked on 22 February 1996 at 07:24:00 UTC.[3][4]
Decay
It remained in orbit until 22 February 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 11:02:36 UTC.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
 - ^ a b c "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
 - ^ a b c "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
 - ^ a b c d e f g "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-30"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
 - ^ "Progress M-30". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. 
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