| Progress 5 | |||||||||||
| Mission Type: | Salyut 6 resupply | ||||||||||
| Operator: | OKB-1 | ||||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 1979-022A | ||||||||||
| Satcat: | 11292[1] | ||||||||||
| Mission Duration: | 24 days | ||||||||||
| Spacecraft: | Progress s/n 104 | ||||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress 7K-TG | ||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | NPO Energia | ||||||||||
| Dry Mass: | 6520 kg | ||||||||||
| Launch Mass: | 7020 kg | ||||||||||
| Payload Mass: | 2500 kg | ||||||||||
| Dimensions: | 7.48 m in length and 2.72 m in diameter | ||||||||||
| Launch Date: | 12 March 1979, 05:47:28 UTC | ||||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U s/n Ye15000-162 | ||||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 31/6 | ||||||||||
| Launch Contractor: | OKB-1 | ||||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||||
| Decay Date: | 5 April 1979, 01:04 UTC[3] | ||||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 12 March 1979 | ||||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 189 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 256 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.66° | ||||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 88.8 minutes | ||||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||||
| Cargo Mass: | 2500 kg | ||||||||||
| Programme: | Progress (spacecraft) | ||||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress 4 | ||||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress 6 | ||||||||||
Progress 5, was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1979 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station. Served as a receptacle for contaminated fuel from the damaged Salyut 6 propulsion system.
Progress 5 was a Progress 7K-TG spacecraft. The fifth of forty three to be launched, it had the serial number 104.[4] [5] The Progress 7K-TG spacecraft was the first generation Progress, derived from the Soyuz 7K-T and intended for uncrewed logistics missions to space stations in support of the Salyut programme. On some missions the spacecraft were also used 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.[6]
Progress 5 launched on 12 March 1979 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[7]
Progress 5 docked with Salyut 6 on 14 March 1979 at 07:19:21 UTC.[8]
It remained in orbit until 5 April 1979, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 01:04 UTC.