A Progress-M spacecraft | |
Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1998-015A |
SATCAT no. | 25256 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.240) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 March 1998, 22:45:55 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 15 May 1998, 21:39:00 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 km |
Apogee altitude | 249 km |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Period | 88.6 minutes |
Epoch | 14 March 1998 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft |
Docking date | 17 March 1998, 00:31:17 UTC |
Undocking date | 15 May 1998, 18:43:54 UTC |
Progress (spacecraft)← Progress M-37Progress M-39 → |
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.
Launch
Progress M-38 launched on 14 March 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.
Docking
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.
Decay
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.
See also
References
- ^ "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Progress-M-VDU 14, 38 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-38"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- "Progress M-38". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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