Progress 40
Progress 40 (Russian: Прогресс 40) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in February 1989 to resupply the Mir EO-4 expedition aboard the Mir space station.
 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1989-008A |
| SATCAT no. | 19783[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.148) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 10 February 1989, 08:53:52 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 5 March 1989, 01:08 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 187 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 244 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 88.8 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 10 February 1989 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 12 February 1989, 10:29:38 UTC |
| Undocking date | 3 March 1989, 01:45:52 UTC |
Launch
Progress 40 launched on 10 February 1989 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
Progress 40 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 12 February 1989 at 10:29:38 UTC, and was undocked on 3 March 1989 at 01:45:52 UTC.[3][5]
Decay
It remained in orbit until 5 March 1989, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 01:08 UTC and the mission ended at 01:59 UTC.[3][5]
References
- "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 40"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- "Progress 40". NASA. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "Mir". Astronautix. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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