Progress 7

Progress 7
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 6 resupply
COSPAR ID1979-059A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.11421[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.107)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date28 June 1979, 09:25:11 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date20 July 1979, 01:57:30 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude186 km[3]
Apogee altitude251 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.8 minutes[3]
Epoch28 June 1979
Docking with Salyut 6
Docking portAft[3]
Docking date30 June 1979, 11:18:32 UTC
Undocking date18 July 1979, 03:49:55 UTC

Progress 7 (Russian: Прогресс 7) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in June 1979 to resupply the Salyut 6 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 7"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008.