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

| orbit_periapsis = 186 km

| orbit_apoapsis = 229 km

| orbit_inclination = 51.6°

| orbit_period = 88.6 minutes

| 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

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

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