Progress M-32
{{Short description|Russian cargo spacecraft}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Progress M-32
| image = Progress-M drawing.svg
| image_caption = A Progress-M spacecraft
| mission_type = Mir resupply
| COSPAR_ID = 1996-043A
| SATCAT = 24071{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launchlog|work=Jonathan's Space Report|access-date=3 December 2020}}
| spacecraft = Progress (No.232)
| spacecraft_type = Progress-M{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress-m.htm|title=Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)|work=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=3 December 2020}}
| manufacturer = RKK Energia
| launch_date = 31 July 1996, 20:00:06 UTC
| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U
| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5
| docking =
{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
| docking_target = Mir
| docking_type = dock
| docking_port = Mir Core Module forward{{cite web|url=http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm32.sht|title=Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-32"|work=Manned Astronautics figures and facts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009101236/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm32.sht|archive-date=9 October 2007}}
| docking_date = 2 August 1996, 22:03:40 UTC
| undocking_date = 18 August 1996, 09:33:45 UTC
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
| docking_target = Mir
| docking_type = dock
| docking_port = Kvant-1 aft
| docking_date = 3 September 1996, 09:35:00 UTC
| undocking_date = 20 November 1996, 19:51:20 UTC
}}
| disposal_type = Deorbited
| decay_date = 20 November 1996, 22:42:25 UTC
| orbit_epoch = 31 July 1996
| orbit_reference = Geocentric
| orbit_regime = Low Earth
| apsis = gee
| programme = Progress (spacecraft)
| previous_mission = Progress M-31
| next_mission = Progress M-33
}}
Progress M-32 ({{Langx|ru|Прогресс M-32|italic=yes}}) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress M-32 launched on 31 July 1996 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1996-043A|title=Progress M-32|work=NASA|access-date=3 December 2020}} {{PD-notice}} The launch was postponed several times, primarily following problems with quality control during Soyuz-U production.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2016|title=Mir|work=Astronautix|access-date=3 December 2020}}
Docking
Progress M-32 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module 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. On 3 September 1996 at 09:35:00 UTC, Progress M-32 was redocked at the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir, following the departure of Soyuz TM-23. Progress M-32 was finally undocked on 20 November 1996 at 19:51:20 UTC.
Decay
See also
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