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Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft

Progress 26

Progress 26
All data from the card 21
Mission type
Mir resupply
COSPAR ID
1986-032A
SATCAT no.
16687
Spacecraft
Progress (No.136)
Spacecraft type
Progress 7K-TG
Manufacturer
NPO Energia
Launch date
23 April 1986, 19:40:05 UTC
Rocket
Soyuz-U2
Launch site
Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal
Deorbited
Decay date
23 June 1986, 18:41:01 UTC
Reference system
Geocentric
Regime
Low Earth
Perigee altitude
184 km
Apogee altitude
257 km
Inclination
51.6°
Period
88.9 minutes
Epoch
23 April 1986
Docking port
Mir Core Module aft
Docking date
26 April 1986, 21:26:06 UTC
Undocking date
22 June 1986, 18:25:00 UTC

Progress 26 (Russian: Прогресс 26) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1986 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 26 launched on 23 April 1986 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.

Docking

Progress 26 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 26 April 1986 at 21:26:06 UTC, and was undocked on 22 June 1986 at 18:25:00 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 23 June 1986, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:41:01 UTC.

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