Progress M-43
Russian cargo spacecraft
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Progress M-43 (Russian: Прогресс M-43) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 2000 to resupply the Mir space station.
A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2000-064A |
| SATCAT no. | 26570[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.243) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 16 October 2000, 21:27:06 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 29 January 2001, 01:04 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 193 km[4] |
| Apogee altitude | 244 km[4] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[4] |
| Period | 88.4 minutes[4] |
| Epoch | 16 October 2000 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[4] |
| Docking date | 20 October 2000, 21:16:05 UTC |
| Undocking date | 25 January 2001, 05:19:49 UTC |
Progress Mir flights | |
Launch
Progress M-43 launched on 16 October 2000 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2] The launch had been delayed from the previous day.[5]
Docking
Progress M-43 docked with Mir on 20 October 2000 at 21:16:05 UTC.[4]
Decay
It remained in orbit until 29 January 2001, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 02:12 UTC.[4]
