Progress M-42 (Russian: Прогресс M-42) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1999 to resupply the Mir space station.
 A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1999-038A |
| SATCAT no. | 25858[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.242) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 16 July 1999, 16:37:33 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 2 February 2000, 06:10:40 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 192 km[4] |
| Apogee altitude | 249 km[4] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[4] |
| Period | 88.6 minutes[4] |
| Epoch | 16 July 1999 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[4] |
| Docking date | 18 July 1999, 17:53:21 UTC |
| Undocking date | 2 February 2000, 03:11:52 UTC |
Launch
editProgress M-42 launched on 16 July 1999 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Docking
editProgress M-42 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 18 July 1999 at 17:53:21 UTC, and was undocked on 2 February 2000 at 03:11:52 UTC.[4][3]
Decay
editIt remained in orbit until 2 February 2000, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 06:10:40 UTC and the mission ended at 06:57:20 UTC.[4][3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-42"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress M-42". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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