Earth orbit
Progress M-42
Microgravity.

Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Microgravity. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1999-038; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 16 July 1999, 16:37:33 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Roscosmos Soyuz-U rocket launched the Progress M-42 mission on Friday, July 16, 1999 at 4:37 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Roscosmos
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-U
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1999-038
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Jul 16, 1999, 16:37 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Jul 16 1999
- Pad and location
- LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 2 February 2000
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Progress M-42
Microgravity.
- GCAT ID
- S25858
- Manufacturer
- Zavod GNPTKTs TsSKB-Progress
- Launch mass
- 7,150 kg
- Dimensions
- 7.9 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 7.9 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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