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PROGRESS 27

DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEO

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

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Launch

Launch date
January 16, 1987 at 06:06 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz-U2
Operator
Soviet Space Program

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
211 km
Periapsis
197 km
Inclination
51.63°
Orbital period
88.57 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1987-005A
NORAD catalog №
17299
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 25, 1987

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 25, 1987
Time in service
40 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed