Progress 6

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

Progress 6
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 6 resupply
COSPAR ID1979-039A
SATCAT no.11356[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.106)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date13 May 1979, 04:17:10 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date9 June 1979, 18:52:46 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude190 km[3]
Apogee altitude247 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.8 minutes[3]
Epoch13 May 1979
Docking with Salyut 6
Docking portAft[3]
Docking date15 May 1979, 06:19:22 UTC
Undocking date8 June 1979, 07:59:41 UTC
 

Launch

Progress 6 launched on 13 May 1979 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 6 docked with the aft port of Salyut 6 on 15 May 1979 at 06:19:22 UTC, and was undocked on 8 June 1979 at 07:59:41 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 9 June 1979, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:52:46 and the mission ended at 19:35 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 6"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008.
  4. "Progress 6". 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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