2026-244Latest orbital launch: Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-16 · Oct 27, 2026 · VandenbergLaunch record →
sci-techmaventhe history of spaceflight, in data
  1. Home
  2. Launches
  3. 2012
  4. 2012-042
// orbital launch

Progress 7K-TGM No.416

Soyuz-U-PVB launch from Baikonur (Russia) on August 1, 2012, carrying 2 payloads. GCAT records the launch as a success.

August 1, 2012 · 19:35 UTCLaunch 2012-042Launch no. 5,232 in the log
SpaceportBaikonurpad LC1
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyRoskosmosRussia

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
August 1, 2012, 19:35
Launch designation
2012-042
Mission
Progress 7K-TGM No.416
Flight name
Progress M-16M
Vehicle flight ID
L 15000-134
Flight code
ISS 48P

Orbit and payload

Initial apogee
429 km
Payload mass to orbit
9.9 t
Payloads
2
GCAT launch code
OS

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
Progress M-16M2012-042ANORAD 38738RKK EnergiyaHuman spaceflight7,290 kgDocked with another object · Aug 2, 2012
Sfera-531998-067CMNORAD 38751RKK EnergiyaCalibration8 kgTransferred to another vehicle · Aug 3, 2012

Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.