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PROGRESS-M 34

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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
April 6, 1997 at 04:04 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
393 km
Periapsis
375 km
Inclination
51.66°
Orbital period
92.23 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
7,086.22 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1997-014A
NORAD catalog №
24757
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
51.4154 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 2, 1997

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 2, 1997
Time in service
87 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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