Progress M-41
 A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1999-015A |
| SATCAT no. | 25664[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.241) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2 April 1999, 11:28:43 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 17 July 1999, 19:51 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 194 km[4] |
| Apogee altitude | 249 km[4] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[4] |
| Period | 88.6 minutes[4] |
| Epoch | 2 April 1999 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[4] |
| Docking date | 4 April 1999, 12:46:50 UTC |
| Undocking date | 17 July 1999, 11:24 UTC |
Progress (spacecraft) | |
Progress M-41 (Russian: Прогресс M-41) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1999 to resupply the Mir space station and carry the Sputnik 99 satellite.[5]
Launch[]
Progress M-41 launched on 2 April 1999 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][6]
Docking[]
Progress M-41 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 4 April 1999 at 12:46:50 UTC, and was undocked on 17 July 1999 at 11:24 UTC.[3][4]
Decay[]
It remained in orbit until 17 July 1999, when it was deorbited. The mission ended at 19:51 UTC.[3][4]
See also[]
- 1999 in spaceflight
- List of Progress missions
- List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir
References[]
- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mir". Astronautix. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-41"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Sputnik 40, 41, 99 (RS 17, 18, 19)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Progress M-41". NASA. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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