Progress 26

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1986-032A
SATCAT no.	16687 [1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.136)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG [2]
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	23 April 1986, 19:40:05 UTC [1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U2 [2]
Launch site	Baikonur , Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	23 June 1986, 18:41:01 UTC [3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	184 km [3]
Apogee altitude	257 km [3]
Inclination	51.6° [3]
Period	88.9 minutes [3]
Epoch	23 April 1986
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Mir Core Module aft [3]
Docking date	26 April 1986, 21:26:06 UTC
Undocking date	22 June 1986, 18:25:00 UTC
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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 [ edit ]

Progress 26 launched on 23 April 1986 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR . It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket. ^{[2] [4]}

Docking [ edit ]

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. ^{[3] [5]}

Decay [ edit ]

It remained in orbit until 23 June 1986, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:41:01 UTC. ^{[3] [5]}

See also [ edit ]

• 1986 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

References [ edit ]

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