Progress M-26
|  A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply | 
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1995-005A | 
| SATCAT no. | 23477[1] | 
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.226) | 
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] | 
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia | 
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 15 February 1995, 16:48:28 UTC[1] | 
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] | 
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | 
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited | 
| Decay date | 15 March 1995, 06:15 UTC[3] | 
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric | 
| Regime | Low Earth | 
| Perigee altitude | 188 km[4] | 
| Apogee altitude | 224 km[4] | 
| Inclination | 51.6°[4] | 
| Period | 88.6 minutes[4] | 
| Epoch | 15 February 1995 | 
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[4] | 
| Docking date | 17 February 1995, 18:21:34 UTC | 
| Undocking date | 15 March 1995, 02:26:38 UTC | 
Progress M-26 (Russian: Прогресс M-26) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in February 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
[edit]Progress M-26 launched on 15 February 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Docking
[edit]Progress M-26 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 17 February 1995 at 18:21:34 UTC, and was undocked on 15 March 1995 at 02:26:38 UTC.[3][4]
Decay
[edit]It remained in orbit until 15 March 1995, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 05:28 UTC and the mission ended at 06:15 UTC.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-26"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress M-26". NASA. Retrieved 2 December 2020.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.



