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Progress MS-16

Russian resupply mission to the International Space Station. Progress MS-16 was launched on February 15, 2021 aboard a Soyuz-2-1A from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Feb 17, 2021).

COSPAR 2021-011ANORAD 47618Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress MS-16
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TGM No. 445
Other names
ISS 77P
International designator
2021-011A
NORAD catalog number
47618
GCAT identifier
S47618
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/981

Mission

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

Launch

Date
February 15, 2021 · 04:45 UTC
Launch record
2021-011Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC31

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
418 km
Apogee
422 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
February 17, 2021
Last known active
Jul 26, 2021
End of operations
Jul 26, 2021

Size

Mass
4,960 kg
Dry mass
4,325 kg
Total mass with attached objects
7,420 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 Q97173689 (CC0).