 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Salyut 7 resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1983-106A |
| SATCAT no. | 14422[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.118) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 October 1983, 09:59:05 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 16 November 1983, 04:18 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 185 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 242 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 88.8 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 20 October 1983 |
| Docking with Salyut 7 | |
| Docking port | Aft[3] |
| Docking date | 22 October 1983, 11:34 UTC |
| Undocking date | 13 November 1983, 03:08 UTC |
Progress 18 (‹See Tfd›Russian: Прогресс 18) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1983 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.
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- ^ a b "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 18"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007.