 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1986-032A |
| SATCAT no. | 16687[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.136) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 April 1986, 19:40:05 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 23 June 1986, 18:41:01 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 184 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 257 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 88.9 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 23 April 1986 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Mir Core Module aft[3] |
| Docking date | 26 April 1986, 21:26:06 UTC |
| Undocking date | 22 June 1986, 18:25:00 UTC |
Progress 26 (Russian: Прогресс 26) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1986 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress 26 launched on 23 April 1986 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
Progress 26 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 26 April 1986 at 21:26:06 UTC, and was undocked on 22 June 1986 at 18:25:00 UTC.[3][5]
Decay
It remained in orbit until 23 June 1986, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:41:01 UTC.[3][5]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 26"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ↑ "Progress 26". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - 1 2 "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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