Progress M-43

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.

Progress M-43

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
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
Progress flights ← Progress M1-3 Progress M1-4 → Progress Mir flights ← Progress M1-2 Progress M1-5 →

Launch

Progress M-43 launched on 16 October 2000 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[2] The launch had been delayed from the previous day.^[5]

Docking

Progress M-43 docked with Mir on 20 October 2000 at 21:16:05 UTC.^[4]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 29 January 2001, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 02:12 UTC.^[4]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• 2000 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir