Progress 40 () was a

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unmanned

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cargo spacecraft, which was launched in February 1989 to resupply the

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expedition aboard the

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space station.

Launch

Progress 40 launched on 10 February 1989 from the

Baikonur Cosmodrome The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( kk, Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, translit=Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, ; russian: Космодром Байконур, translit=Kosmodrom Baykonur, ) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to R ...

in the

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. It used a

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rocket.

Docking

Progress 40 docked with the aft port of the

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module of Mir on 12 February 1989 at 10:29:38 UTC, and was undocked on 3 March 1989 at 01:45:52 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 5 March 1989, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 01:08 UTC and the mission ended at 01:59 UTC.

References

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Launch

Docking

Decay

See also

References