Earth orbit
Progress M-6
Progress M-6 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-6 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 1991-002; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 14 January 1991, 14:50:27 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U2
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A Soviet Space Program Soyuz-U2 rocket launched the Progress M-6 mission on Monday, January 14, 1991 at 2:50 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-U2
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1991-002
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Jan 14, 1991, 14:50 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Jan 14 1991
- Pad and location
- LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 15 March 1991
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Progress M-6
GCAT program: Progress M.
- GCAT ID
- S21053
- Manufacturer
- NPO Energiya
- Launch mass
- 7,125 kg
- Dimensions
- 7.9 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 7.9 m span
Gallery
0 images from Progress M-6.
No mission imagery is available yet.
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