Progress M-30

Progress M-30 (Russian: Прогресс M-30) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-30

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1995-070A
SATCAT no.	23744[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.230)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	18 December 1995, 14:31:35 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	22 February 1996, 11:02:36 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	194 km[4]
Apogee altitude	316 km[4]
Inclination	51.6°[4]
Period	89.6 minutes[4]
Epoch	18 December 1995
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[4]
Docking date	20 December 1995, 16:10:15 UTC
Undocking date	22 February 1996, 07:24:00 UTC
Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-29 Progress M-31 →

Launch

Progress M-30 launched on 8 December 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[2][5]

Docking

Progress M-30 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 20 December 1995 at 16:10:15 UTC, and was undocked on 22 February 1996 at 07:24:00 UTC.^[3][4]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 22 February 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 11:02:36 UTC.^[3][4]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

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