Progress M-40
Russian cargo spacecraft
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Progress M-40 (Russian: Прогресс M-40) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1998 to resupply the Mir space station, carry the Sputnik 41 satellite[4] and the unsuccessful Znamya 2.5 solar mirror.
A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1998-062A |
| SATCAT no. | 25512[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.239) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 25 October 1998, 04:14:57 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 5 February 1999, 10:16:05 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 194 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 238 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 88.6 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 25 October 1998 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 27 October 1998, 05:34:41 UTC |
| Undocking date | 4 February 1999, 09:59:32 UTC |
Launch
Progress M-40 launched on 25 October 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Docking
Progress M-40 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 27 October 1998 at 05:34:41 UTC, and was undocked on 4 February 1999 at 09:59:32 UTC.[3][6] On 4 February 1999 at 10:24 UTC, following undocking from Mir, an unsuccessful attempt was made to deploy Znamya 2.5, a solar mirror.[3][6]
