Progress 17

 1983-085A

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Progress-17 (11F615A15 No. 119, 7K-TG No. 119) was launched on 1983 Aug 17. It carried the Kant SAR antenna with an experimental radio-location experiment to detect cargo surface ships and possibly submarine vessels.

Progress-17
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Aug 17	1208:23	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1500		88.81 180 x 242 x 51.6
	1900		90.23 250 x 322 x 51.6
1983 Aug 18	1700		90.30 257 x 321 x 51.6
1983 Aug 19	1200		90.29 257 x 321 x 51.6
	1347	Docked with Salyut-7
1983 Aug 24			91.11 319 x 339 x 51.6
1983 Aug 27			91.12 322 x 338 x 51.6
		Orbit raise	91.43 334 x 355 x 51.6
1983 Sep 4			91.45 334 x 358 x 51.6
1983 Sep 8			91.47 335 x 359 x 51.6
1983 Sep 17			91.39 333 x 353 x 51.6
	1144	Undocked from Salyut-7
1983 Sep 18	2350	Deorbited over Pacific
1983 Sep 19	0037	Reentered