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PROGRESS 6

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Progress 6 was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft. It which was launched in May 1979 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station.

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Launch

Launch date
May 13, 1979 at 04:17 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Soviet Space Program

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
363 km
Periapsis
348 km
Inclination
51.63°
Orbital period
91.65 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1979-039A
NORAD catalog №
11356
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 9, 1979

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 9, 1979
Time in service
27 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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