Progress 27 () was a

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uncrewed

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cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1987 to resupply the

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space station.

Launch

Progress 27 launched on 16 January 1987 from the

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in the

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. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.

Docking

Progress 27 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 18 January 1987 at 07:26:50 UTC, and was undocked on 23 February 1987 at 11:29:01 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 25 February 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:16:45 UTC and the mission ended at 16:05 UTC.

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Launch

Docking

Decay

See also

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