Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1990-041A |
SATCAT no. | 20602[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.150) |
Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 5 May 1990, 20:44:01 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 27 May 1990, 11:40:00 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 188 km[3] |
Apogee altitude | 243 km[3] |
Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
Period | 88.8 minutes[3] |
Epoch | 5 May 1990 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
Docking date | 7 May 1990, 22:45:03 UTC |
Undocking date | 27 May 1990, 07:08:58 UTC |
Progress 42 (Russian: Прогресс 42) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1990 to resupply the Mir space station.