Progress 39 Explained

Progress 39
Mission Type:Mir resupply
Cospar Id:1988-114A
Satcat:19728[1]
Spacecraft:Progress (No.147)
Spacecraft Type:Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer:NPO Energia
Launch Date:25 December 1988, 04:11:37 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U2
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking Date:27 December 1988, 05:35:10 UTC
Undocking Date:7 February 1989, 06:45:34 UTC
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:7 February 1989, 13:49 UTC
Orbit Epoch:25 December 1988
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:187 km
Orbit Apoapsis:238 km
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:88.8 minutes
Apsis:gee
Programme:Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:Progress 38
Next Mission:Progress 40

Progress 39 was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1988 to resupply the Mir EO-4 expedition aboard the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 39 launched on 25 December 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[4]

Docking

Progress 39 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 27 December 1988 at 05:35:10 UTC, and was undocked on 7 February 1989 at 06:45:34 UTC.[5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 7 February 1989, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at around 12:49 UTC and the mission ended at 13:49 UTC.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launchlog. Jonathan's Space Report. 4 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG). Gunter's Space Page. 4 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress 39". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009095158/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr39.sht. 9 October 2007.
  4. Web site: Progress 39. NASA. 4 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. 20 August 2016. Astronautix. 4 December 2020.