Progress 7K-TG: spacecraft history, specs and record
Progress is derived from the manned Soyuz spacecraft and is launched on the same vehicle, a Soyuz rocket. The purpose of Progress is to deliver supplies needed to sustain human presence in orbit. Currently it is used as a re-supply spacecraft for the ISS.
Record
44 launches, 44 built and flown.
At a glance
- Type: Cargo Resupply
- Built by: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Status: Retired
- Crew: Uncrewed
- First flight: 1978-01-20
- Height: 7.23 m
- Diameter: 2.72 m
- Payload up: 1,700 kg
History
Progress 7K-TG , was a Soviet uncrewed spacecraft used to resupply space stations in low Earth orbit. Forty three flew, delivering cargo to Salyut 6, Salyut 7, and Mir. It was the first version of the Progress spacecraft to fly, and spawned later derivatives including the Progress-M which replaced it, and the later Progress-M1.