Progress M-43
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Progress M-43 (Russian: Прогресс M-43) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 2000 to resupply the Mir space station.
Quick Facts Mission type, COSPAR ID ...
Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 2000-064A |
SATCAT no. | 26570[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.243) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 16 October 2000, 21:27:06 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 29 January 2001, 01:04 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 km[4] |
Apogee altitude | 244 km[4] |
Inclination | 51.6°[4] |
Period | 88.4 minutes[4] |
Epoch | 16 October 2000 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[4] |
Docking date | 20 October 2000, 21:16:05 UTC |
Undocking date | 25 January 2001, 05:19:49 UTC |
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