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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) ← Progress M-41 Progress M-43 →

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

На других языках

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- [en] Progress M-42

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[ru] Прогресс М-42

Прогресс М-42 — транспортный грузовой космический корабль (ТГК) серии «Прогресс», запущен к орбитальной станции «Мир». Серийный номер 242.[2]

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