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PROGRESS 39

DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEO

Progress 39 was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1988 to resupply the Mir EO-4 expedition aboard the Mir space station.

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Launch

Launch date
December 25, 1988 at 04:11 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz-U2
Operator
Soviet Space Program

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
366 km
Periapsis
349 km
Inclination
51.62°
Orbital period
91.69 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1988-114A
NORAD catalog №
19728
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
47.82 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 7, 1989

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 7, 1989
Time in service
44 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed