Progress 6

Progress 6
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 6 resupply
COSPAR ID1979-039A
SATCAT no.11356
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.106)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date13 May 1979, 04:17:10 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date9 June 1979, 18:52:46 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude190 km
Apogee altitude247 km
Inclination51.6°
Period88.8 minutes
Epoch13 May 1979
Docking with Salyut 6
Docking portAft
Docking date15 May 1979, 06:19:22 UTC
Undocking date8 June 1979, 07:59:41 UTC

Progress 6 (Russian: Прогресс 6) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft. It which was launched in May 1979 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station.