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Progress M-30

Russian cargo spacecraft. Progress M-30 was launched on December 18, 1995 aboard a Soyuz-U from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Dec 20, 1995).

COSPAR 1995-070ANORAD 23744Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress M-30
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TGM No. 230
International designator
1995-070A
NORAD catalog number
23744
GCAT identifier
S23744
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/307

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
Progress M
Owner
RKKE
Country
Russia
Builder
RKK Energiya
Platform (bus)
7K-TGM

Launch

Date
December 18, 1995 · 14:31 UTC
Launch record
1995-070Success
Rocket
Soyuz-U
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
390 km
Apogee
397 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
December 20, 1995
Last known active
Feb 22, 1996
End of operations
Feb 22, 1996

Size

Mass
7,068 kg
Dry mass
4,500 kg
Length
7.9 m
Diameter
2.70 m
Span
7.9 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q10639674 (CC0).