![]() A Progress-M spacecraft | |
Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1998-015A |
SATCAT no. | 25256 [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.240) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M [2] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 March 1998, 22:45:55 UTC [1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U [2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 15 May 1998, 21:39:00 UTC [3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 km [3] |
Apogee altitude | 249 km [3] |
Inclination | 51.6° [3] |
Period | 88.6 minutes [3] |
Epoch | 14 March 1998 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft [3] |
Docking date | 17 March 1998, 00:31:17 UTC |
Undocking date | 15 May 1998, 18:43:54 UTC |
Progress M-38 ( Russian: Прогресс M-38) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1998 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress M-38 launched on 14 March 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [4]
Progress M-38 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 17 March 1998 at 00:31:17 UTC, and was undocked on 15 May 1998 at 18:43:54 UTC. [3] [5]
It remained in orbit until 15 May 1998, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 21:39:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 22:26 UTC. [3] [5]
![]() A Progress-M spacecraft | |
Mission type | Mir resupply |
---|---|
COSPAR ID | 1998-015A |
SATCAT no. | 25256 [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.240) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M [2] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 March 1998, 22:45:55 UTC [1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U [2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 15 May 1998, 21:39:00 UTC [3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 km [3] |
Apogee altitude | 249 km [3] |
Inclination | 51.6° [3] |
Period | 88.6 minutes [3] |
Epoch | 14 March 1998 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft [3] |
Docking date | 17 March 1998, 00:31:17 UTC |
Undocking date | 15 May 1998, 18:43:54 UTC |
Progress M-38 ( Russian: Прогресс M-38) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1998 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress M-38 launched on 14 March 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [4]
Progress M-38 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 17 March 1998 at 00:31:17 UTC, and was undocked on 15 May 1998 at 18:43:54 UTC. [3] [5]
It remained in orbit until 15 May 1998, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 21:39:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 22:26 UTC. [3] [5]