Progress 38

Progress 38
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1988-083A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.19486
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.146)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date9 September 1988, 23:33:40 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date23 November 1988, 18:26:00 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude187 km
Apogee altitude248 km
Inclination51.6°
Period88.9 minutes
Epoch9 September 1988
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft
Docking date12 September 1988, 01:22:28 UTC
Undocking date23 November 1988, 12:12:46 UTC

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.

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.

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.

See also

References

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