Progress 5

Progress 5 (Russian: Прогресс 5), was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1979 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station.

Progress 5
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 6 resupply
OperatorOKB-1
COSPAR ID1979-022A
SATCAT no.11292[1]
Mission duration24 days
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress s/n 104
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass7020 kg
Dry mass6520 kg
Payload mass2500 kg
Dimensions7.48 m in length and
2.72 m in diameter
Start of mission
Launch date12 March 1979, 05:47:28 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U s/n Ye15000-162
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorOKB-1
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date5 April 1979, 01:04 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude189 km
Apogee altitude256 km
Inclination51.66°
Period88.8 minutes
Epoch12 March 1979
Docking with Salyut 6
Docking portAft[4]
Docking date14 March 1979, 07:19:21 UTC
Undocking date3 April 1979, 16:10:00 UTC
Time docked20.4 days
Cargo
Mass2500 kg
 

Launch

Progress 5 launched on 12 March 1979 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2]

Docking

Progress 5 docked with Salyut 6 on 14 March 1979 at 07:19:21 UTC.[5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 5 April 1979, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 01:04 UTC.

See also

References
  1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. "Progress 5". NASA. Retrieved 23 December 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress-5"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007.
  5. "Salyut 6". Astronautix. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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