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PROGRESS-M 31

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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
May 5, 1996 at 07:04 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
390 km
Periapsis
376 km
Inclination
51.65°
Orbital period
92.21 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1996-028A
NORAD catalog №
23860
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
14.4307 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
August 1, 1996

End of mission

Last active / ended
August 1, 1996
Time in service
88 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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