Progress M-42

Russian cargo spacecraft. Progress M-42 was launched on July 16, 1999 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Jul 18, 1999).

COSPAR 1999-038ANORAD 25858Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT: Progress M-42
Payload designation: Progress 7K-TGM No. 242
International designator: 1999-038A
NORAD catalog number: 25858
GCAT identifier: S25858
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/367

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: July 16, 1999 · 16:37 UTC
Launch record: 1999-038Success
Rocket: Soyuz-U-PVB
Spaceport: Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 340 km
Apogee: 348 km
Inclination: 51.66°
Status: Docked with another object
Status date: July 18, 1999
Last known active: Feb 2, 2000
End of operations: Feb 2, 2000

Size

Mass: 7,150 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 Q4379839 (CC0).