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Entry no.
1989-0253

PROGRESS 40

PROGRESS 40 (NORAD 19783) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 5 March 1989, after 23 days in orbit.

Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
19783
International designator
1989-008A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
10 Feb 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Mar 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
23 days23 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
7,022 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
Built by
NPO Energiya
Bus
7K-TG
Programme
Progress

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.

Life in orbit

23 days

PROGRESS 40’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 5 Mar 1989

8 entries
1989-0246COSMOS 1461 DEB1989-0247ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0248COSMOS 1813 DEB1989-0249COSMOS 1461 DEB1989-0250MIR DEB1989-0251MIR DEB1989-0252MIR DEB1989-0254COSMOS 2003 DEB

From the same launch

1989-008
1989-0165SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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