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Progress MS-18

Russian resupply mission to the International Space Station. Progress MS-18 was launched on October 28, 2021 aboard a Soyuz-2-1A from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Oct 30, 2021).

COSPAR 2021-098ANORAD 49379Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress MS-18
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TGM No. 447
International designator
2021-098A
NORAD catalog number
49379
GCAT identifier
S49379
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1028

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
October 28, 2021 · 00:00 UTC
Launch record
2021-098Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC31

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
321 km
Apogee
326 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
October 30, 2021
Last known active
Jun 1, 2022
End of operations
Jun 1, 2022

Size

Mass
4,887 kg
Dry mass
4,325 kg
Total mass with attached objects
7,400 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 Q100998906 (CC0).