Progress 13

Progress 13 (Russian: Прогресс 13) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1982 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Progress 13
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID1982-047A
SATCAT no.13210[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.114)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date23 May 1982, 05:58:49 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date6 June 1982, 00:05 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude186 km[3]
Apogee altitude263 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period89 minutes[3]
Epoch23 May 1982
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking portAft[3]
Docking date25 May 1982, 07:56:36 UTC
Undocking date4 June 1982, 06:31 UTC
 

Launch

Progress 13 launched on 23 May 1982 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 13 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 25 May 1982 at 07:56:36 UTC, and was undocked on 4 June 1982 at 06:31 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 6 June 1982, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 00:05 UTC, with the mission ending at around 00:50 UTC.[3][5]

See also

References
  1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 13"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 13". NASA. Retrieved 4 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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