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PROGRESS 17

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Progress 17 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1983 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

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Launch

Launch date
August 17, 1983 at 12:08 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Soviet Space Program

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
353 km
Periapsis
333 km
Inclination
51.63°
Orbital period
91.39 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,957.38 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1983-085A
NORAD catalog №
14283
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
200.59 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 18, 1983

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 18, 1983
Time in service
32 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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