Progress M-32 () was a Russian unmanned

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cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1996 to resupply the

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space station.

Launch

Progress M-32 launched on 31 July 1996 from the

Baikonur Cosmodrome The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( kk, Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, translit=Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, ; russian: Космодром Байконур, translit=Kosmodrom Baykonur, ) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to R ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. It used a

Soyuz-U The Soyuz-U launch vehicle was an improved version of the original Soyuz rocket. Soyuz-U was part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and cons ...

rocket. The launch was postponed several times, primarily following problems with quality control during Soyuz-U production.

Docking

Progress M-32 docked with the forward port of the

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on 2 August 1996 at 22:03:40 UTC, and was undocked on 18 August 1996 at 09:33:45 UTC to make way for

Soyuz TM-24 Soyuz TM-24 was the 27th expedition to Mir. Soyuz TM-24 carried a crew of three. The crew consisted of Cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri, and the first French woman in space, Claudie André-Deshays. They joined American astronaut Shann ...

. On 3 September 1996 at 09:35:00 UTC, Progress M-32 was redocked at the aft port of the

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module of Mir, following the departure of

Soyuz TM-23 Soyuz TM-23 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on February 21, 1996, to ''Mir''.The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-23.htm The spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, and after two da ...

. Progress M-32 was finally undocked on 20 November 1996 at 19:51:20 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 20 November 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 22:42:25 UTC.

References

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Launch

Docking

Decay

See also

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