Progress 38
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Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1988-083A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 19486[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.146) |
Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 September 1988, 23:33:40 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 23 November 1988, 18:26:00 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 187 km[3] |
Apogee altitude | 248 km[3] |
Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
Period | 88.9 minutes[3] |
Epoch | 9 September 1988 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
Docking date | 12 September 1988, 01:22:28 UTC |
Undocking date | 23 November 1988, 12:12:46 UTC |
Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 37 Progress 39 → |
Progress 38 (Russian: Прогресс 38) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in September 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress 38 launched on 9 September 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
Progress 38 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 12 September 1988 at 01:22:28 UTC, and was undocked on 23 November 1988 at 12:12:46 UTC.[3][5]
Decay
It remained in orbit until 23 November 1988, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:26:00 UTC and the mission ended at 19:06:58 UTC.[3][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 38"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress 38". NASA. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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