Progress M-26 (Russian: Прогресс M-26) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in February 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.
![]() A Progress-M spacecraft | |
Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1995-005A |
SATCAT no. | 23477[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.226) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 February 1995, 16:48:28 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 15 March 1995, 06:15 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 188 km[4] |
Apogee altitude | 224 km[4] |
Inclination | 51.6°[4] |
Period | 88.6 minutes[4] |
Epoch | 15 February 1995 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[4] |
Docking date | 17 February 1995, 18:21:34 UTC |
Undocking date | 15 March 1995, 02:26:38 UTC |
Launch
editProgress M-26 launched on 15 February 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Docking
editProgress 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.[3][4]
Decay
editIt 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.[3][4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-26"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress M-26". NASA. Retrieved 2 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.