Progress 16

Progress 16 (Russian: Прогресс 16) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1982 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Progress 16

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Salyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID	1982-107A
SATCAT no.	13638[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.115)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	31 October 1982, 11:20:36 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	14 December 1982, 17:17 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	186 km[3]
Apogee altitude	246 km[3]
Inclination	51.6°[3]
Period	88.8 minutes[3]
Epoch	31 October 1982
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking port	Aft[3]
Docking date	2 November 1982, 13:22 UTC
Undocking date	13 December 1982, 15:32 UTC
Progress (spacecraft)

Launch

Progress 16 launched on 31 October 1982 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 16 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 2 November 1982 at 13:22 UTC, and was undocked on 13 December 1982 at 15:32 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 14 December 1982, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 17:17 UTC, with the mission ending around 18:00 UTC.[3][5]

See also

• 1982 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Salyut space stations

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 16"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
4. "Progress 16". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Retrieved 6 December 2020.