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Progress 38

Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft. Progress 38 was launched on September 9, 1988 aboard a Soyuz-U2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Sep 12, 1988).

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Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress-38
Common name
Progress 38
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TG No. 146
International designator
1988-083A
NORAD catalog number
19486
GCAT identifier
S19486
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/195

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
Progress
Country
Soviet Union
Builder
NPO Energiya
Platform (bus)
7K-TG

Launch

Date
September 9, 1988 · 23:33 UTC
Launch record
1988-083Success
Rocket
Soyuz-U2
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
329 km
Apogee
355 km
Inclination
51.62°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
September 12, 1988
Last known active
Nov 23, 1988
End of operations
Nov 23, 1988

Size

Mass
7,027 kg
Dry mass
4,799 kg
Total mass with attached objects
7,017 kg
Length
7.9 m
Diameter
2.70 m
Span
7.9 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q10639649 (CC0).