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Progress M1-6

Russian cargo spacecraft. Progress M1-6 was launched on May 20, 2001 aboard a Soyuz-FG from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (May 23, 2001).

COSPAR 2001-021ANORAD 26773Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress M1-6
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TGM1 No. 255
Other names
ISS 4P
International designator
2001-021A
NORAD catalog number
26773
GCAT identifier
S26773
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/397

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
Progress M1
Owner
RKKE
Country
Russia
Builder
CSDB-Progress Factory
Platform (bus)
7K-TGM1

Launch

Date
May 20, 2001 · 22:32 UTC
Launch record
2001-021Success
Rocket
Soyuz-FG
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
374 km
Apogee
398 km
Inclination
51.57°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
May 23, 2001
Last known active
Aug 22, 2001
End of operations
Aug 22, 2001

Size

Mass
7,300 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 Q4379866 (CC0).