Progress M-38

Progress M-38 (Russian: Прогресс M-38) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1998 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-38

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1998-015A
SATCAT no.	25256[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.240)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	14 March 1998, 22:45:55 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	15 May 1998, 21:39:00 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 km[3]
Apogee altitude	249 km[3]
Inclination	51.6°[3]
Period	88.6 minutes[3]
Epoch	14 March 1998
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date	17 March 1998, 00:31:17 UTC
Undocking date	15 May 1998, 18:43:54 UTC
Progress (spacecraft)

Launch

Progress M-38 launched on 14 March 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress M-38 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 17 March 1998 at 00:31:17 UTC, and was undocked on 15 May 1998 at 18:43:54 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 15 May 1998, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 21:39:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 22:26 UTC.[3][5]

See also

• 1998 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. "Progress-M-VDU 14, 38 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-38"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
4. "Progress M-38". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Mir". Astronautix. Retrieved 3 December 2020.