Progress M-38 Explained

Progress M-38
Mission Type:	Mir resupply
Cospar Id:	1998-015A
Satcat:	25256^[1]
Spacecraft:	Progress (No.240)
Spacecraft Type:	Progress-M^[2]
Manufacturer:	RKK Energia
Launch Date:	14 March 1998, 22:45:55 UTC
Launch Rocket:	Soyuz-U
Launch Site:	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:	Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Kvant-1 aft^[3] Docking Date: 17 March 1998, 00:31:17 UTC Undocking Date: 15 May 1998, 18:43:54 UTC
Disposal Type:	Deorbited
Decay Date:	15 May 1998, 21:39:00 UTC
Orbit Epoch:	14 March 1998
Orbit Reference:	Geocentric
Orbit Regime:	Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:	193 km
Orbit Apoapsis:	249 km
Orbit Inclination:	51.6°
Orbit Period:	88.6 minutes
Apsis:	gee
Programme:	Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:	Progress M-37
Next Mission:	Progress M-39

Progress M-38 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1998 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-38 launched on 14 March 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[4]

Docking

Progress M-38 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 17 March 1998 at 00:31:17 UTC, and was undocked on 15 May 1998 at 18:43:54 UTC.^[5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 15 May 1998, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 21:39:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 22:26 UTC.

See also

• 1998 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

Notes and References

1. Web site: Launchlog. Jonathan's Space Report. 3 December 2020.
2. Web site: Progress-M-VDU 14, 38 (11F615A55, 7KTGM). Gunter's Space Page. 3 December 2020.
3. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-38". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009101142/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm38.sht. 9 October 2007.
4. Web site: Progress M-38. NASA. 3 December 2020.
5. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. 20 August 2016. Astronautix. 3 December 2020.