Progress M-27

Progress M-27 (Russian: Прогресс M-27) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-27

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1995-020A
SATCAT no.	23555[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.227)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	9 April 1995, 19:34:12 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	23 May 1995, 03:27:12 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	187 km[4]
Apogee altitude	221 km[4]
Inclination	51.7°[4]
Period	88.6 minutes[4]
Epoch	9 April 1995
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Mir Core Module forward[4]
Docking date	11 April 1995, 21:00:44 UTC
Undocking date	22 May 1995, 23:42:37 UTC
Progress (spacecraft)

Launch

Progress M-27 launched on 9 April 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]

Docking

Progress M-27 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 11 April 1995 at 21:00:44 UTC, and was undocked on 22 May 1995 at 23:42:37 UTC.[3][4]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 23 May 1995, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 02:40:15 UTC and the mission ended at 03:27:52 UTC.[3][4]

See also

• 1995 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. "Mir". Astronautix. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
4. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-27"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
5. "Progress M-27". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.