 A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1999-015A |
| SATCAT no. | 256641 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.241) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M2 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2 April 1999, 11:28:43 UTC1 |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 17 July 1999, 19:51 UTC3 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 194 km4 |
| Apogee altitude | 249 km4 |
| Inclination | 51.6°4 |
| Period | 88.6 minutes4 |
| Epoch | 2 April 1999 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft4 |
| Docking date | 4 April 1999, 12:46:50 UTC |
| Undocking date | 17 July 1999, 11:24 UTC |
Progress M-41 (Russian: Прогресс M-41) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1999 to resupply the Mir space station and carry the Sputnik 99 satellite.5
Launch
Progress M-41 launched on 2 April 1999 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.26
Docking
Progress M-41 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 4 April 1999 at 12:46:50 UTC, and was undocked on 17 July 1999 at 11:24 UTC.34
Decay
It remained in orbit until 17 July 1999, when it was deorbited. The mission ended at 19:51 UTC.34
References
References
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