Progress 27
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1987-005A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.17299[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.135)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date16 January 1987, 06:06:23 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U2[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date25 February 1987, 15:16:45 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude183 km[3]
Apogee altitude263 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period89.0 minutes[3]
Epoch16 January 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking portMir Core Module aft[3]
Docking date18 January 1987, 07:26:50 UTC
Undocking date23 February 1987, 11:29:01 UTC
 

Progress 27 (Russian: Прогресс 27) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 27 launched on 16 January 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 27 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 18 January 1987 at 07:26:50 UTC, and was undocked on 23 February 1987 at 11:29:01 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 25 February 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:16:45 UTC and the mission ended at 16:05 UTC.[3][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 27"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Progress 27". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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