Progress M-42

Progress M-42 (Russian: Прогресс M-42) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1999 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-42

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1999-038A
SATCAT no.	25858[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.242)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	16 July 1999, 16:37:33 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	2 February 2000, 06:10:40 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	192 km[4]
Apogee altitude	249 km[4]
Inclination	51.6°[4]
Period	88.6 minutes[4]
Epoch	16 July 1999
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[4]
Docking date	18 July 1999, 17:53:21 UTC
Undocking date	2 February 2000, 03:11:52 UTC
Progress (spacecraft)

Launch

Progress M-42 launched on 16 July 1999 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]

Docking

Progress M-42 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 18 July 1999 at 17:53:21 UTC, and was undocked on 2 February 2000 at 03:11:52 UTC.[4][3]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 2 February 2000, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 06:10:40 UTC and the mission ended at 06:57:20 UTC.[4][3]

See also

• 1999 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
2. "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
3. "Mir". Astronautix. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
4. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-42"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
5. "Progress M-42". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.