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Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-9"
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Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-9"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT CARGO |
| Registration number | 1991-057A / 21662 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) | 22h.54m.10s. August 20, 1991 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, LC 1 |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz U2 |
| Mass (kg) | 7250 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 51.6 |
| - period (minutes) | 88.7 |
| - perigee (km) | 186 |
| - apogee (km) | 230 |
| Time and date of entry ignition (UTC) | 07h.32m.14s. September 30, 1991 |
| Duration | 40d.08h. |
| Distance (km) | |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 630 |
| Summary | Delivery of cargo to the orbital station "Mir" . Date and time of landing are given for recovery ballistic capsule. |
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UTC) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Aug 20, 1991 | 22:54:10 | 1 | Mir:31527 | Lift-off cargo "Progress M-9" . |
| Aug 23, 1991 | 00:54:17 | 34 | Mir:31560 | Docking of "Progress M-9" to fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM12" . |
| Sep 12, 1991 | 23:11:04 | 1 |
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Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-48" (crew: Creighton, Reightler, Buchli, Gemar, Brown ). |
| Sep 18, 1991 | 06:28:14 | 80 |
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Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-48" (crew: Creighton, Reightler, Buchli, Gemar, Brown ). |
| Sep 18, 1991 | 07:39:32 | 81 |
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Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-48" (crew: Creighton, Reightler, Buchli, Gemar, Brown ). |
| Sep 30, 1991 | 01:53:00 | 626 | Mir:32153 | Undocking of "Progress M-9" from fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM12" . |
| Sep 30, 1991 | 07:32:14 | 630 | Mir:32156 | Deorbit burn of "Progress M-9" . |
| Sep 30, 1991 | ? | 630 | Mir:32156 | Separation of recovery ballistic capsule of spacecraft "Progress M-9" . |
| Sep 30, 1991 | 08:16:24 | 630 | Mir:32156 | Landing of RBC of "Progress M-9" . |
| Sep 30, 1991 | ? | 631 | Mir:32157 | End of existence of "Progress M-9" . |
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