Progress M-26 Explained

Progress M-26
Mission Type:Mir resupply
Cospar Id:1995-005A
Satcat:23477[1]
Spacecraft:Progress (No.226)
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Date:15 February 1995, 16:48:28 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking Date:17 February 1995, 18:21:34 UTC
Undocking Date:15 March 1995, 02:26:38 UTC
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:15 March 1995, 06:15 UTC[4]
Orbit Epoch:15 February 1995
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:188 km
Orbit Apoapsis:224 km
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:88.6 minutes
Apsis:gee
Programme:Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:Progress M-25
Next Mission:Progress M-27

Progress M-26 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in February 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-26 launched on 15 February 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[5]

Docking

Progress M-26 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 17 February 1995 at 18:21:34 UTC, and was undocked on 15 March 1995 at 02:26:38 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 15 March 1995, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 05:28 UTC and the mission ended at 06:15 UTC.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launchlog. Jonathan's Space Report. 2 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM). Gunter's Space Page. 2 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-26". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. https://web.archive.org/web/20071009101024/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm26.sht. 9 October 2007.
  4. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. 20 August 2016. Astronautix. 2 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Progress M-26. NASA. 2 December 2020.