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Progress M-38

Russian cargo spacecraft. Progress M-38 was launched on March 14, 1998 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Mar 17, 1998).

COSPAR 1998-015ANORAD 25256Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress M-38
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TGM No. 240
International designator
1998-015A
NORAD catalog number
25256
GCAT identifier
S25256
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/343

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
Progress M
Owner
RKKE
Country
Russia
Builder
CSDB-Progress Factory
Platform (bus)
7K-TGM

Launch

Date
March 14, 1998 · 22:45 UTC
Launch record
1998-015Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
374 km
Apogee
379 km
Inclination
51.66°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
March 17, 1998
Last known active
May 15, 1998
End of operations
May 15, 1998

Size

Mass
6,307 kg
Dry mass
3,800 kg
Total mass with attached objects
7,007 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 Q4379834 (CC0).