| Progress 26 | |||||||||
| Mission Type: | Mir resupply | ||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 1986-032A | ||||||||
| Satcat: | 16687[1] | ||||||||
| Spacecraft: | Progress (No.136) | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress 7K-TG[2] | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | NPO Energia | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 23 April 1986, 19:40:05 UTC | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U2 | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 23 June 1986, 18:41:01 UTC | ||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 23 April 1986 | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 184 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 257 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 88.9 minutes | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress (spacecraft) | ||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress 25 | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress 27 | ||||||||
Progress 26 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1986 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress 26 launched on 23 April 1986 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[4]
Progress 26 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 26 April 1986 at 21:26:06 UTC, and was undocked on 22 June 1986 at 18:25:00 UTC.[5]
It remained in orbit until 23 June 1986, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:41:01 UTC.