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Progress M-40

Russian cargo spacecraft. Progress M-40 was launched on October 25, 1998 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Oct 27, 1998).

COSPAR 1998-062ANORAD 25512Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress M-40
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TGM No. 239
International designator
1998-062A
NORAD catalog number
25512
GCAT identifier
S25512
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/354

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
October 25, 1998 · 04:14 UTC
Launch record
1998-062Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
349 km
Apogee
360 km
Inclination
51.66°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
October 27, 1998
Last known active
Feb 5, 1999
End of operations
Feb 5, 1999

Size

Mass
7,200 kg
Dry mass
4,500 kg
Total mass with attached objects
7,250 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 Q4379836 (CC0).