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Progress M-28 (Russian: Прогресс M-28) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-28

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1995-036A
SATCAT no.	23617[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.228)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	20 July 1995, 03:04:41 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	4 September 1995, 08:58:55 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	191 km[4]
Apogee altitude	239 km[4]
Inclination	51.6°[4]
Period	88.5 minutes[4]
Epoch	20 July 1995
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Mir Core Module forward[4]
Docking date	22 July 1995, 05:39:37 UTC
Undocking date	4 September 1995, 05:09:53 UTC
Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-27 Progress M-29 →

Launch

Progress M-28 launched on 20 July 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]

Docking

Progress M-28 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 22 July 1995 at 05:39:37 UTC, and was undocked on 4 September 1995 at 05:09:53 UTC.[3][4]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 4 September 1995, when it was deorbited. The mission ended at 08:58:55 UTC.[3][4]

See also

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

References

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