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Progress M-39

Russian cargo spacecraft. Progress M-39 was launched on May 14, 1998 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (May 16, 1998).

COSPAR 1998-031ANORAD 25340Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress M-39
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TGM No. 238
International designator
1998-031A
NORAD catalog number
25340
GCAT identifier
S25340
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/347

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
May 14, 1998 · 22:12 UTC
Launch record
1998-031Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
367 km
Apogee
379 km
Inclination
51.66°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
May 16, 1998
Last known active
Oct 29, 1998
End of operations
Oct 29, 1998

Size

Mass
7,125 kg
Dry mass
4,500 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 Q4379835 (CC0).