Progress 33

Progress 33 (Russian: Прогресс 33) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress 33

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1987-094A
SATCAT no.	18568[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.140)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	20 November 1987, 23:47:12 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U2[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	19 December 1987, 12:56:00 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	326 km[3]
Apogee altitude	343 km[3]
Inclination	51.6°[3]
Period	91.2 minutes[3]
Epoch	20 November 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date	23 November 1987, 01:39:13 UTC
Undocking date	19 December 1987, 08:15:46 UTC
Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 32 Progress 34 →

Launch

Progress 33 launched on 20 November 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.^[2][4]

Docking

Progress 33 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 23 November 1987 at 01:39:13 UTC, and was undocked on 19 December 1987 at 08:15:46 UTC.^[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 19 December 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 12:56:00 UTC and the mission ended at 13:37 UTC.^[3][5]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

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