| Progress 38 | |
| Mission Type: | Mir resupply |
| Cospar Id: | 1988-083A |
| Satcat: | 19486[1] |
| Spacecraft: | Progress (No.146) |
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer: | NPO Energia |
| Launch Date: | 9 September 1988, 23:33:40 UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| Docking: | |
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited |
| Decay Date: | 23 November 1988, 18:26:00 UTC |
| Orbit Epoch: | 9 September 1988 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 187 km |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 248 km |
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° |
| Orbit Period: | 88.9 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
| Programme: | Progress (spacecraft) |
| Previous Mission: | Progress 37 |
| Next Mission: | Progress 39 |
Progress 38 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in September 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress 38 launched on 9 September 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[4]
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.[5]
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.