Progress 11

Progress 11 (Russian: Прогресс 11) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in September 1980 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station.

Progress 11
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 6 resupply
COSPAR ID1980-079A
SATCAT no.11993[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.111)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date28 September 1980, 15:09:55 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date11 December 1980, 14:00 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude188 km[3]
Apogee altitude241 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.7 minutes[3]
Epoch28 September 1980
Docking with Salyut 6
Docking portAft[3]
Docking date30 September 1980, 17:03 UTC
Undocking date9 December 1980, 10:23 UTC
 

Launch

Progress 11 launched on 28 September 1980 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 11 docked with the aft port of Salyut 6 on 30 September 1980 at 17:03 UTC, and was undocked on 9 December 1980 at 10:23 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 11 December 1980, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 14:00 UTC.[3][5]

See also

References
  1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 11"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 11". NASA. Retrieved 4 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "Salyut 6". Astronautix. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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