Earth orbit
Progress M-40
Progress M-40 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress M program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Progress M-40 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress M program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1998-062; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 25 October 1998, 04:14:57 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A Roscosmos Soyuz-U rocket launched the Progress M-40 mission on Sunday, October 25, 1998 at 4:14 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Roscosmos
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-U
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1998-062
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Oct 25, 1998, 04:14 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Oct 25 1998
- Pad and location
- LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 5 February 1999
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Progress M-40
GCAT program: Progress M.
- GCAT ID
- S25512
- Manufacturer
- Zavod GNPTKTs TsSKB-Progress
- Launch mass
- 7,200 kg
- Dimensions
- 7.9 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 7.9 m span
Gallery
0 images from Progress M-40.
No mission imagery is available yet.
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