Progress 16

Progress 16
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID1982-107A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.13638[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.115)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date31 October 1982, 11:20:36 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date14 December 1982, 17:17 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude186 km[3]
Apogee altitude246 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.8 minutes[3]
Epoch31 October 1982
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking portAft[3]
Docking date2 November 1982, 13:22 UTC
Undocking date13 December 1982, 15:32 UTC

Progress 16 (Russian: Прогресс 16) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1982 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 16"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.