Progress 32

Progress 32 (Russian: Прогресс 32) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in September 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress 32

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1987-082A
SATCAT no.	18376[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.139)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	23 September 1987, 23:43:54 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U2[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	19 November 1987, 00:10:00 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	295 km[3]
Apogee altitude	355 km[3]
Inclination	51.6°[3]
Period	91.0 minutes[3]
Epoch	23 September 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date	26 September 1987, 01:08:15 UTC
Undocking date	10 November 1987, 04:09:10 UTC
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date	10 November 1987, 05:47:25 UTC
Undocking date	17 November 1987, 19:24:37 UTC
Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 31 Progress 33 →

Launch

Progress 32 launched on 23 September 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.^[2][4]

Docking

Progress 32 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 26 September 1987 at 01:08:15 UTC, and was undocked on 10 November 1987 at 04:09:10 UTC. The vehicle was redocked at 05:47:25 UTC the same day and finally undocked on 17 November 1987 at 19:24:37 UTC.^[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 19 November 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 00:10:00 UTC and the mission ended at 00:58 UTC.^[3][5]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• 1987 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir