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Progress 21

Progress 21 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

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Progress 21
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID1984-042A
SATCAT no.149611
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.116)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG2
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date7 May 1984, 22:47:15 UTC1
RocketSoyuz-U2
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date26 May 1984, 15:00:30 UTC3
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude187 km3
Apogee altitude246 km3
Inclination51.6°3
Period88.8 minutes3
Epoch26 May 1984
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking portAft3
Docking date10 May 1984, 00:10 UTC
Undocking date26 May 1984, 09:41 UTC

Progress 21 (Russian: Прогресс 21) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Launch

Progress 21 launched on 7 May 1984 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.24

Docking

Progress 21 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 10 May 1984 at 00:10 UTC, and was undocked on 26 May 1984 at 09:41 UTC.35

Decay

It remained in orbit until 26 May 1984, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:00:30 UTC, with the mission ending at around 15:45 UTC.35

See also

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References

References

  1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 21"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 21". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.