Progress 41 Explained

Progress 41
Mission Type:Mir resupply
Cospar Id:1989-023A
Satcat:19895[1]
Spacecraft:Progress (No.149)
Spacecraft Type:Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer:NPO Energia
Launch Date:16 March 1989, 18:54:15 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U2
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking Date:18 March 1989, 20:50:46 UTC
Undocking Date:21 April 1989, 01:46:15 UTC
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:25 April 1989, 12:02 UTC
Orbit Epoch:16 March 1989
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:187 km
Orbit Apoapsis:243 km
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:88.8 minutes
Apsis:gee
Programme:Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:Progress 40
Next Mission:Progress M-1

Progress 41 was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1989 to resupply the Mir EO-4 expedition aboard the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 41 launched on 16 March 1999 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[4]

Docking

Progress 41 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 18 March 1989 at 20:50:46 UTC, and was undocked on 21 April 1989 at 01:46:15 UTC.[5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 25 April 1989. Progress 41 deorbited in an uncontrolled decay, after it had run out of fuel from boosting Mir into a higher orbit. The mission ended at 12:02 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 41". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009095055/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr41.sht. 9 October 2007.
  4. Web site: Progress 41. 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.