Progress 38

Progress 38 (Russian: Прогресс 38) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in September 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress 38

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1988-083A
SATCAT no.	19486[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.146)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	9 September 1988, 23:33:40 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U2[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	23 November 1988, 18:26:00 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	187 km[3]
Apogee altitude	248 km[3]
Inclination	51.6°[3]
Period	88.9 minutes[3]
Epoch	9 September 1988
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date	12 September 1988, 01:22:28 UTC
Undocking date	23 November 1988, 12:12:46 UTC
Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 37 Progress 39 →

Launch

Progress 38 launched on 9 September 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.^[2][4]

Docking

Progress 38 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 12 September 1988 at 01:22:28 UTC, and was undocked on 23 November 1988 at 12:12:46 UTC.^[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 23 November 1988, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:26:00 UTC and the mission ended at 19:06:58 UTC.^[3][5]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• 1988 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir