| Progress 1 | |||||||||
| Mission Type: | Salyut 6 resupply | ||||||||
| Operator: | OKB-1 | ||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 1978-008A | ||||||||
| Satcat: | 10603 | ||||||||
| Spacecraft: | Progress s/n 102 | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress 7K-TG | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | NPO Energia | ||||||||
| Dry Mass: | 6520 kg | ||||||||
| Launch Mass: | 7020 kg | ||||||||
| Payload Mass: | 2300 kg | ||||||||
| Dimensions: | 7.48 m in length and 2.72 m in diameter | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 20 January 1978, 08:24:40 UTC | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U s/n E15000-075 | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 31/6 | ||||||||
| Launch Contractor: | OKB-1 | ||||||||
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 8 February 1978, 02:45 UTC | ||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 20 January 2020 | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth orbit | ||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 329 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 348 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.66° | ||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 91.3 minutes | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Cargo Mass: | 2300 kg | ||||||||
| Cargo Mass Press: | 1300 kg | ||||||||
| Cargo Mass Fuel: | 1000 kg | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress (spacecraft) | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress 2 | ||||||||
Progress 1 (Russian: Прогресс 1), was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1978 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station. It was the maiden flight of the Progress spacecraft, and used the Progress 7K-TG configuration. It carried supplies for the EO-1 crew aboard Salyut 6, which consisted of Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Georgy Grechko. The cargo carried by Progress 1 also included equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres.
See main article: Progress 7K-TG.
Progress 1 was a Progress 7K-TG spacecraft. The first of forty three to be launched,[1] it had the serial number 102.[2] The Progress 7K-TG spacecraft was the first generation Progress, derived from the Soyuz 7K-T and intended for unmanned logistics missions to space stations in support of the Salyut programme. The spacecraft were also used on some missions to adjust the orbit of the space station.
The Progress spacecraft had a dry mass of, which increased to around when fully fuelled. It measured in length, and in diameter. Each spacecraft could accommodate up to of payload, consisting of dry cargo and propellant. The spacecraft were powered by chemical batteries, and could operate in free flight for up to three days, remaining docked to the station for up to thirty.[3]
Progress 1 was launched at 08:24:40 UTC on 20 January 1978, atop a Soyuz-U 11A511U carrier rocket flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR. The rocket that launched it had the serial number E15000-075.[4] Following launch, Progress 1 was given the COSPAR designation 1978-008A, whilst NORAD assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 10603.
Following launch, Progress 1 began two days of free flight. It subsequently docked with the aft port of the Salyut 6 space station at 10:12:14 UTC on 22 January 1978.[5] [6] When the Progress spacecraft docked, the station's other docking port was occupied by the Soyuz 27 spacecraft.[7]
Progress 1 was the first of twelve Progress spacecraft used to supply the Salyut 6 space station between 1978 and 1981.[8] Its payload of consisted of of propellant and oxygen,[9] as well as of food, replacement parts, scientific instruments, and other supplies.[7] Whilst Progress 1 was docked, the EO-1 crew, consisting of cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Georgi Grechko, was aboard the station.[10] Progress 1 demonstrated the capability to refuel a spacecraft on orbit, critical for long-term station operations.[11] Once the cosmonauts had unloaded the cargo delivered by Progress 1, they loaded refuse onto the freighter for disposal.
On 6 February 1978, Progress 1 was catalogued in a low Earth orbit with a perigee of and an apogee of, inclined at 51.66° and with a period of 91.3 minutes. Progress 1 undocked from Salyut 6 at 05:54 UTC on 6 February.[6] It remained in orbit for two more days, finally being deorbited to a destructive reentry over the Pacific Ocean at around 02:45 UTC on 8 February 1978.[12] [5]