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| Mission type | Mir resupply | 
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1996-028A | 
| SATCAT no. | 23860[1] | 
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.231) | 
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] | 
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia | 
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 5 May 1996, 07:04:18 UTC[1] | 
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] | 
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | 
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited | 
| Decay date | 1 August 1996, 20:33:03 UTC[3] | 
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric | 
| Regime | Low Earth | 
| Perigee altitude | 186 km[4] | 
| Apogee altitude | 227 km[4] | 
| Inclination | 51.6°[4] | 
| Period | 88.6 minutes[4] | 
| Epoch | 5 May 1996 | 
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Mir Core Module forward[4] | 
| Docking date | 7 May 1996, 08:54:19 UTC | 
| Undocking date | 1 August 1996, 16:44:54 UTC | 
Progress M-31 (Russian: Прогресс M-31) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress M-31 launched on 5 May 1996 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Docking
Progress M-31 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 7 May 1996 at 08:54:19 UTC, and was undocked on 1 August 1996 at 16:44:54 UTC.[3][4]
Decay
It remained in orbit until 1 August 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 19:44:30 UTC and the mission ended at 20:33:03 UTC.[3][4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
 - 1 2 3 "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
 - 1 2 3 "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-31"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
 - ↑  "Progress M-31". NASA. Retrieved 2 December 2020. 
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