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Progress M-9

Unmanned Soviet cargo spacecraft. Progress M-9 was launched on August 20, 1991 aboard a Soyuz-U2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Aug 23, 1991).

COSPAR 1991-057ANORAD 21662Soviet Union

Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress M-9
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TGM No. 210
International designator
1991-057A
NORAD catalog number
21662
GCAT identifier
S21662
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/253

Mission

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

Launch

Date
August 20, 1991 · 22:54 UTC
Launch record
1991-057Success
Rocket
Soyuz-U2
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
379 km
Apogee
396 km
Inclination
51.60°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
August 23, 1991
Last known active
Sep 30, 1991
End of operations
Sep 30, 1991

Size

Mass
7,311 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 Q7248570 (CC0).