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Progress 26

Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft

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Progress 26 (Russian: Прогресс 26) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1986 to resupply the Mir space station.

01Launch

Progress 26 launched on 23 April 1986 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.

02Docking

Progress 26 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 26 April 1986 at 21:26:06 UTC, and was undocked on 22 June 1986 at 18:25:00 UTC.

03Decay

It remained in orbit until 23 June 1986, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:41:01 UTC.

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