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.
 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 |
Launch
editProgress M-38 launched on 14 March 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]
Docking
editProgress 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]
Decay
editIt 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]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress-M-VDU 14, 38 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "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.
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- ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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