 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Salyut 6 resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | OKB-1 |
| COSPAR ID | 1979-022A |
| SATCAT no. | 11292[1] |
| Mission duration | 24 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress s/n 104 |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 7020 kg |
| Dry mass | 6520 kg |
| Payload mass | 2500 kg |
| Dimensions | 7.48 m in length and 2.72 m in diameter |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 12 March 1979, 05:47:28 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U s/n Ye15000-162 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| Contractor | OKB-1 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 5 April 1979, 01:04 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 189 km |
| Apogee altitude | 256 km |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Period | 88.8 minutes |
| Epoch | 12 March 1979 |
| Docking with Salyut 6 | |
| Docking port | Aft[4] |
| Docking date | 14 March 1979, 07:19:21 UTC |
| Undocking date | 3 April 1979, 16:10:00 UTC |
| Time docked | 20.4 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2500 kg |
Progress 5 (Russian: Прогресс 5), was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1979 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station. Served as a receptacle for contaminated fuel from the damaged Salyut 6 propulsion system.
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