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PROGRESS 1

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Progress 1, was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1978 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station. It was the maiden flight of the Progress spacecraft, and used the Progress 7K-TG configuration. It carried supplies for the EO-1 crew aboard Salyut 6, which consisted of Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Georgy Grechko. The cargo carried by Progress 1 also included equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres.

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Launch

Launch date
January 20, 1978 at 08:24 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Soviet Space Program

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
344 km
Periapsis
324 km
Inclination
51.63°
Orbital period
91.21 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,957.38 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1978-008A
NORAD catalog №
10603
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
35.3162 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 8, 1978

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 8, 1978
Time in service
19 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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