Progress 31

Progress 31
	A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1987-066A
SATCAT no.	18283
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.138)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	3 August 1987, 20:44:11 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U2
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	23 September 1987, 00:22:00 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	187 km
Apogee altitude	250 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	88.9 minutes
Epoch	3 August 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft
Docking date	5 August 1987, 22:27:35 UTC
Undocking date	21 September 1987, 23:57:41 UTC
	Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 30 Progress 32 →

Progress 31 (Russian: Прогресс 31) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 31 launched on 3 August 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.^[2]^[4]

Docking

Progress 31 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 5 August 1987 at 22:27:35 UTC, and was undocked on 21 September 1987 at 23:57:41 UTC.^[3]^[5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 23 September 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 00:22:00 UTC and the mission ended at 01:02 UTC.^[3]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 31"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
^ "Progress 31". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ ^a ^b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.