Progress M-34

Progress M-34
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1997-014A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.24757Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M 11F615A55
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass7,156 kilograms (15,776 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date6 April 1997, 16:04:05 (1997-04-06UTC16:04:05Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date2 July 1997, 06:31:50 (1997-07-02UTC06:31:51Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 Aft
Docking date8 April 1997, 17:30:01 UTC
Undocking date24 June 1997, 10:22:45 UTC
Time docked76.7 days
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 Aft
Docking date25 June 1997, ~09:20 UTC
Docking failed
Drawing of a Progress-M spacecraft

Progress M-34 (Russian: Прогресс М-34) was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1997 to resupply the Mir space station,[1] and which subsequently collided with Mir during a docking attempt, resulting in significant damage to the space station.

  1. ^ "Progress M-34". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

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