Progress 5

Progress 5
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 6 resupply
OperatorOKB-1
COSPAR ID1979-022A
SATCAT no.11292
Mission duration24 days
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress s/n 104
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass7020 kg
Dry mass6520 kg
Payload mass2500 kg
Dimensions7.48 m in length and
2.72 m in diameter
Start of mission
Launch date12 March 1979, 05:47:28 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U s/n Ye15000-162
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorOKB-1
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date5 April 1979, 01:04 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude189 km
Apogee altitude256 km
Inclination51.66°
Period88.8 minutes
Epoch12 March 1979
Docking with Salyut 6
Docking portAft
Docking date14 March 1979, 07:19:21 UTC
Undocking date3 April 1979, 16:10:00 UTC
Time docked20.4 days
Cargo
Mass2500 kg

Progress 5 (Russian: Прогресс 5), was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1979 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station. Served as a receptacle for contaminated fuel from the damaged Salyut 6 propulsion system.