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Progress M-32 (Russian: Прогресс M-32) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.
![]() A Progress-M spacecraft | |
Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1996-043A |
SATCAT no. | 24071[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.232) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 31 July 1996, 20:00:06 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 20 November 1996, 22:42:25 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 186 km[3] |
Apogee altitude | 229 km[3] |
Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
Period | 88.6 minutes[3] |
Epoch | 31 July 1996 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Mir Core Module forward[3] |
Docking date | 2 August 1996, 22:03:40 UTC |
Undocking date | 18 August 1996, 09:33:45 UTC |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
Docking date | 3 September 1996, 09:35:00 UTC |
Undocking date | 20 November 1996, 19:51:20 UTC |
Progress M-32 launched on 31 July 1996 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4] The launch was postponed several times, primarily following problems with quality control during Soyuz-U production.[5]
Progress M-32 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 2 August 1996 at 22:03:40 UTC, and was undocked on 18 August 1996 at 09:33:45 UTC to make way for Soyuz TM-24.[5][3] On 3 September 1996 at 09:35:00 UTC, Progress M-32 was redocked at the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir, following the departure of Soyuz TM-23. Progress M-32 was finally undocked on 20 November 1996 at 19:51:20 UTC.[5][3]
It remained in orbit until 20 November 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 22:42:25 UTC.[5][3]
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