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PROGRESS-M 39

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Progress M-34 was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1997 to resupply the Mir space station, and which subsequently collided with Mir during a docking attempt, resulting in significant damage to the space station.

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Launch

Launch date
May 14, 1998 at 10:12 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
367 km
Periapsis
354 km
Inclination
51.66°
Orbital period
91.75 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
7,071.36 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-031A
NORAD catalog №
25340
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
12.7371 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 29, 1998

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 29, 1998
Time in service
168 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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