Progress 42
Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft
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Progress 42 (Russian: Прогресс 42) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1990 to resupply the Mir space station.
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Launch
Progress 42 launched on 5 May 1990 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
