Progress 26 (Russian: Прогресс 26) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1986 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress 26
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1986-032A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.16687[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.136)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date23 April 1986, 19:40:05 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U2[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date23 June 1986, 18:41:01 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude184 km[3]
Apogee altitude257 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.9 minutes[3]
Epoch23 April 1986
Docking with Mir
Docking portMir Core Module aft[3]
Docking date26 April 1986, 21:26:06 UTC
Undocking date22 June 1986, 18:25:00 UTC

Launch

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Progress 26 launched on 23 April 1986 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]

Docking

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Progress 26 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 26 April 1986 at 21:26:06 UTC, and was undocked on 22 June 1986 at 18:25:00 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

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It remained in orbit until 23 June 1986, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:41:01 UTC.[3][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 26"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Progress 26". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.