 A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1998-031A  |
| SATCAT no. | 25340 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.238) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 May 1998, 22:12:59 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 29 October 1998, 03:27:00 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 194 km |
| Apogee altitude | 238 km |
| Inclination | 51.7° |
| Period | 88.5 minutes |
| Epoch | 14 May 1998 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft |
| Docking date | 16 May 1998, 23:50:33 UTC |
| Undocking date | 12 August 1998, 09:28:52 UTC |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft |
| Docking date | 1 September 1998, 05:34:40 UTC |
| Undocking date | 25 October 1998, 23:03:24 UTC |
| Progress (spacecraft)← Progress M-38Progress M-40 → | |
Progress M-39 (Russian: Прогресс M-39) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1998 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress M-39 launched on 14 May 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.
Docking
Progress M-39 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 16 May 1998 at 23:50:33 UTC, and was undocked on 12 August 1998 at 09:28:52 UTC, to make way for Soyuz TM-28. Following the redocking of Soyuz TM-28 to the Mir Core Module forward port, Progress M-39 was redocked to the Kvant-1 aft port on 1 September 1998 at 05:34:40 UTC. Progress M-39 was finally undocked on 25 October 1998 at 23:03:24 UTC.
Decay
It remained in orbit until 29 October 1998, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 03:27:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 04:14:52 UTC.
See also
References
- ^ "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-39"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- "Progress M-39". 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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