 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Salyut 6 resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1979-039A |
| SATCAT no. | 11356[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.106) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 13 May 1979, 04:17:10 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 9 June 1979, 18:52:46 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 190 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 247 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 88.8 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 13 May 1979 |
| Docking with Salyut 6 | |
| Docking port | Aft[3] |
| Docking date | 15 May 1979, 06:19:22 UTC |
| Undocking date | 8 June 1979, 07:59:41 UTC |
Progress 6 (Russian: Прогресс 6) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft. It which was launched in May 1979 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station.
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- ^ a b "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 6"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008.