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PROGRESS-M 64

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

Launch

Launch date: May 14, 2008 at 08:22 PM UTC
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by: Soyuz U →
Operator: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Launch record: View full launch →

Orbit

Orbit regime: LEO
Apoapsis: 362 km
Periapsis: 340 km
Inclination: 51.65°
Orbital period: 91.57 min

Spacecraft

Operator: Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass: 7,057 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l): 2008-023A
NORAD catalog №: 32847
Object type: Payload
Owner / operator: Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section: 5.296 m²
Status: Decayed
Decay / reentry: September 8, 2008

End of mission

Last active / ended: September 8, 2008
Time in service: 117 days
Fate: Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status: Decayed

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