Progress M-38

Russian cargo spacecraft

Progress M-38
Spacecraft properties
A Progress-M spacecraft

Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1998-015A
SATCAT no.	25256^[1]


Spacecraft	Progress (No.240)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M^[2]
Manufacturer	RKK Energia


Start of mission
Launch date	14 March 1998, 22:45:55 UTC^[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U^[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5


End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	15 May 1998, 21:39:00 UTC^[3]


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 km^[3]
Apogee altitude	249 km^[3]
Inclination	51.6°^[3]
Period	88.6 minutes^[3]
Epoch	14 March 1998


Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft^[3]
Docking date	17 March 1998, 00:31:17 UTC
Undocking date	15 May 1998, 18:43:54 UTC

Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-37 Progress M-39 →

Progress M-38 (Russian: Прогресс M-38) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1998 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-38 launched on 14 March 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[2]^[4]

Docking

Progress M-38 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 17 March 1998 at 00:31:17 UTC, and was undocked on 15 May 1998 at 18:43:54 UTC.^[3]^[5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 15 May 1998, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 21:39:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 22:26 UTC.^[3]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Progress-M-VDU 14, 38 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-38"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
^ "Progress M-38". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ ^a ^b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

Progress spacecraft

Versions

Missions

1970s	1978 Progress 1 2 3 4 1979 5 6 7
1980s	1980 Progress 8 9 10 11 1981 12 1982 13 14 15 16 1983 17 18 1984 19 20 21 22 23 1985 24 Kosmos 1669 1986 25 26 1987 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 1988 34 35 36 37 38 39 1989 40 41 M-1 M-2
1990s	1990 Progress M-3 42 M-4 M-5 1991 M-6 M-7 M-8 M-9 M-10 1992 M-11 M-12 M-13 M-14 M-15 1993 M-16 M-17 M-18 M-19 M-20 1994 M-21 M-22 M-23 M-24 M-25 1995 M-26 M-27 M-28 M-29 M-30 1996 M-31 M-32 M-33 1997 M-34 M-35 M-36 M-37 1998 M-38 M-39 M-40 1999 M-41 M-42
2000s	2000 Progress M1-1 M1-2 M1-3 M-43 M1-4 2001 M1-5 M-44 M1-6 M-45 M-SO1 M1-7 2002 M1-8 M-46 M1-9 2003 M-47 M1-10 M-48 2004 M1-11 M-49 M-50 M-51 2005 M-52 M-53 M-54 M-55 2006 M-56 M-57 M-58 2007 M-59 M-60 M-61 M-62 2008 M-63 M-64 M-65 M-01M 2009 M-66 M-02M M-67 M-03M M-MIM2
2010s	2010 Progress M-04M M-05M M-06M M-07M M-08M 2011 M-09M M-10M M-11M M-12M† M-13M 2012 M-14M M-15M M-16M M-17M 2013 M-18M M-19M M-20M M-21M 2014 M-22M M-23M M-24M M-25M 2015 M-26M M-27M† M-28M M-29M MS-01 2016 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04† 2017 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 2018 MS-08 MS-09 MS-10 2019 MS-11 MS-12 MS-13
2020s	2020 MS-14 MS-15 2021 MS-16 MS-17 MS-18 M-UM 2022 MS-19 MS-20 MS-21 2023 MS-22 MS-23 MS-24 MS-25 2024 MS-26
Future	2024 MS-27

See also

Signs † indicate launch or spacecraft failures.

v t e ← 1997 Orbital launches in 1998 1999 →
Lunar Prospector Skynet 4D Ofek-4 STS-89 Soyuz TM-27 USA-137 Brasilsat B3 Inmarsat-3 F5 Orbcomm FM3 Orbcomm FM4 GFO Ad Astra Globalstar 1 Globalstar 2 Globalstar 3 Globalstar 4 Kosmos 2349 Iridium 50 Iridium 52 Iridium 53 Iridium 54 Iridium 56 Kakehashi SNOE Teledesic 1 Hot Bird 4 Intelsat 806 Progress M-38 (VDU-2) USA-138 SPOT 4 Iridium 51 Iridium 61 Iridium 55 Iridium 57 Iridium 58 Iridium 59 Iridium 60 TRACE Iridium 62 Iridium 63 Iridium 64 Iridium 65 Iridium 66 Iridium 67 Iridium 68 STS-90 Globalstar 6 Globalstar 8 Globalstar 14 Globalstar 15 Nilesat 101 BSat-1B Kosmos 2350 Iridium 69 Iridium 71 Kosmos 2351 EchoStar IV USA-139 NOAA-15 Progress M-39 Iridium 70 Iridium 72 Iridium 73 Iridium 74 Iridium 75 Zhongwei 1 STS-91 Thor 3 Kosmos 2352 Kosmos 2353 Kosmos 2354 Kosmos 2355 Kosmos 2356 Kosmos 2357 Intelsat 805 Kosmos 2358 Kosmos 2359 Molniya 3-49 Nozomi Shtil-1 Tubsat-N Tubsat-N1 Resurs-O1 #4 Fasat-Bravo TMSAT Gurwin Techsat 1B WESTPAC SAFIR-2 Sinosat-1 Kosmos 2360 Orbcomm FM13 Orbcomm FM14 Orbcomm FM15 Orbcomm FM16 Orbcomm FM17 Orbcomm FM18 Orbcomm FM19 Orbcomm FM20 Mercury 3 Soyuz TM-28 Iridium 3 Iridium 76 ST-1 Galaxy 10 Astra 2A Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 Iridium 79 Iridium 80 Iridium 81 Iridium 82 Globalstar 5 Globalstar 7 Globalstar 9 Globalstar 10 Globalstar 11 Globalstar 12 Globalstar 13 Globalstar 16 Globalstar 17 Globalstar 18 Globalstar 20 Globalstar 21 PAS-7 Orbcomm FM21 Orbcomm FM22 Orbcomm FM23 Orbcomm FM24 Orbcomm FM25 Orbcomm FM26 Orbcomm FM27 Orbcomm FM28 Molniya-1T #99 STEX (USA-141) Eutelsat W2 Sirius 3 Hot Bird 5 USA-140 Maqsat 3 Deep Space 1 SEDSAT-1 Progress M-40 (Sputnik 41) AfriStar GE-5 STS-95 (SPARTAN-201, PANSAT) PAS-8 Iridium 2 Iridium 83 Iridium 84 Iridium 85 Iridium 86 Zarya / ISS Bonum 1 STS-88 (Unity, PMA-1 PMA-2 SAC-A MightySat-1 Satmex 5 SWAS Nadezhda 5 Astrid 2 Mars Climate Orbiter Iridium 11 Iridium 20 PAS-6B Kosmos 2361 Kosmos 2362 Kosmos 2363 Kosmos 2364
Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

← 1997

Orbital launches in 1998

1999 →

Lunar Prospector
Skynet 4D
Ofek-4
STS-89
Soyuz TM-27
USA-137
Brasilsat B3
Inmarsat-3 F5
Orbcomm FM3
Orbcomm FM4
GFO
Ad Astra
Globalstar 1
Globalstar 2
Globalstar 3
Globalstar 4
Kosmos 2349
Iridium 50
Iridium 52
Iridium 53
Iridium 54
Iridium 56
Kakehashi
SNOE
Teledesic 1
Hot Bird 4
Intelsat 806
Progress M-38 (VDU-2)
USA-138
SPOT 4
Iridium 51
Iridium 61
Iridium 55
Iridium 57
Iridium 58
Iridium 59
Iridium 60
TRACE
Iridium 62
Iridium 63
Iridium 64
Iridium 65
Iridium 66
Iridium 67
Iridium 68
STS-90
Globalstar 6
Globalstar 8
Globalstar 14
Globalstar 15
Nilesat 101
BSat-1B
Kosmos 2350
Iridium 69
Iridium 71
Kosmos 2351
EchoStar IV
USA-139
NOAA-15
Progress M-39
Iridium 70
Iridium 72
Iridium 73
Iridium 74
Iridium 75
Zhongwei 1
STS-91
Thor 3
Kosmos 2352
Kosmos 2353
Kosmos 2354
Kosmos 2355
Kosmos 2356
Kosmos 2357
Intelsat 805
Kosmos 2358
Kosmos 2359
Molniya 3-49
Nozomi
Shtil-1
Tubsat-N
Tubsat-N1
Resurs-O1 #4
Fasat-Bravo
TMSAT
Gurwin Techsat 1B
WESTPAC
SAFIR-2
Sinosat-1
Kosmos 2360
Orbcomm FM13
Orbcomm FM14
Orbcomm FM15
Orbcomm FM16
Orbcomm FM17
Orbcomm FM18
Orbcomm FM19
Orbcomm FM20
Mercury 3
Soyuz TM-28
Iridium 3
Iridium 76
ST-1
Galaxy 10
Astra 2A
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1
Iridium 79
Iridium 80
Iridium 81
Iridium 82
Globalstar 5
Globalstar 7
Globalstar 9
Globalstar 10
Globalstar 11
Globalstar 12
Globalstar 13
Globalstar 16
Globalstar 17
Globalstar 18
Globalstar 20
Globalstar 21
PAS-7
Orbcomm FM21
Orbcomm FM22
Orbcomm FM23
Orbcomm FM24
Orbcomm FM25
Orbcomm FM26
Orbcomm FM27
Orbcomm FM28
Molniya-1T #99
STEX (USA-141)
Eutelsat W2
Sirius 3
Hot Bird 5
USA-140
Maqsat 3
Deep Space 1
SEDSAT-1
Progress M-40 (Sputnik 41)
AfriStar
GE-5
STS-95 (SPARTAN-201, PANSAT)
PAS-8
Iridium 2
Iridium 83
Iridium 84
Iridium 85
Iridium 86
Zarya / ISS
Bonum 1
STS-88 (Unity, PMA-1
PMA-2
SAC-A
MightySat-1
Satmex 5
SWAS
Nadezhda 5
Astrid 2
Mars Climate Orbiter
Iridium 11
Iridium 20
PAS-6B
Kosmos 2361
Kosmos 2362
Kosmos 2363
Kosmos 2364

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).