Progress 29 () was a
Soviet
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uncrewed
Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1987 to resupply the
Mir space station.
Launch
Progress 29 launched on 21 April 1987 from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( kk, Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, translit=Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, ; russian: Космодром Байконур, translit=Kosmodrom Baykonur, ) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to R ...
in the
Kazakh SSR. It used a
Soyuz-U2 rocket.
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Docking
Progress 29 docked with the aft port of the
Kvant-1 module of Mir on 21 April 1987 at 15:14:17 UTC, and was undocked on 11 May 1987 at 03:10:01 UTC.
Decay
It remained in orbit until 11 May 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 07:51:16 UTC and the mission ended at 08:28 UTC.
See also
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1987 in spaceflight
The following is an outline of 1987 in spaceflight.
Launches
Deep-space rendezvous
There were no deep-space rendezvous in 1987.
References
Footnotes
{{Orbital launches in 1987
Spaceflight by year ...
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List of Progress missions
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List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir
References
Progress (spacecraft) missions
1987 in the Soviet Union
Spacecraft launched in 1987
Spacecraft which reentered in 1987
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