Progress 26
Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft
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Progress 26 (Russian: Прогресс 26) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1986 to resupply the Mir space station.
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1986-032A |
| SATCAT no. | 16687[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.136) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 April 1986, 19:40:05 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 23 June 1986, 18:41:01 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 184 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 257 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 88.9 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 23 April 1986 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Mir Core Module aft[3] |
| Docking date | 26 April 1986, 21:26:06 UTC |
| Undocking date | 22 June 1986, 18:25:00 UTC |
Launch
Progress 26 launched on 23 April 1986 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
Progress 26 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 26 April 1986 at 21:26:06 UTC, and was undocked on 22 June 1986 at 18:25:00 UTC.[3][5]
