Progress 42

Progress 42
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1990-041A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.20602[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.150)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date5 May 1990, 20:44:01 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U2[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date27 May 1990, 11:40:00 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude188 km[3]
Apogee altitude243 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.8 minutes[3]
Epoch5 May 1990
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date7 May 1990, 22:45:03 UTC
Undocking date27 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.

  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 42"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.