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Progress M-38
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Progress M-38 (Russian: Прогресс M-38) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1998 to resupply the Mir space station.
Quick Facts Mission type, COSPAR ID ...
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Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1998-015A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 25256[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.240) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 March 1998, 22:45:55 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 15 May 1998, 21:39:00 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 km[3] |
Apogee altitude | 249 km[3] |
Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
Period | 88.6 minutes[3] |
Epoch | 14 March 1998 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
Docking date | 17 March 1998, 00:31:17 UTC |
Undocking date | 15 May 1998, 18:43:54 UTC |
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