Progress M-33

Progress M-33 () was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-33 launched on 19 November 1996 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

Progress M-33 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 22 November 1996 at 01:01:30 UTC, and was undocked on 6 February 1997 at 12:13:53 UTC. An unsuccessful redocking attempt was made on 4 March 1997 at 07:41 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 12 March 1997, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 02:35:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 03:23:37 UTC.

See also

1996 in spaceflight

List of Progress missions

List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

References

Progress (spacecraft) missions

1996 in Kazakhstan

Spacecraft launched in 1996

Spacecraft which reentered in 1997

Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-U rockets