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PROGRESS-M 30

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Progress M-34 was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1997 to resupply the Mir space station, and which subsequently collided with Mir during a docking attempt, resulting in significant damage to the space station.

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Launch

Launch date
December 18, 1995 at 02:31 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
409 km
Periapsis
391 km
Inclination
51.65°
Orbital period
92.56 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
7,185.33 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1995-070A
NORAD catalog №
23744
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
18.96 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 22, 1996

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 22, 1996
Time in service
66 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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