Progress 13

{{Short description|Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Progress 13

| image = Progress drawing.svg

| image_caption = A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft

| mission_type = Salyut 7 resupply

| COSPAR_ID = 1982-047A

| SATCAT = 13210{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launchlog|work=Jonathan's Space Report|access-date=4 December 2020}}

| spacecraft = Progress (No.114)

| spacecraft_type = Progress 7K-TG{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress.htm|title=Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)|work=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=4 December 2020}}

| manufacturer = NPO Energia

| launch_date = 23 May 1982, 05:58:49 UTC

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U

| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5

| docking =

{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = Salyut 7

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port = Aft{{cite web|url=http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr13.sht|title=Cargo spacecraft "Progress 13"|work=Manned Astronautics figures and facts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013000700/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr13.sht|archive-date=13 October 2007}}

| docking_date = 25 May 1982, 07:56:36 UTC

| undocking_date = 4 June 1982, 06:31 UTC

}}

| disposal_type = Deorbited

| decay_date = 6 June 1982, 00:05 UTC

| orbit_epoch = 23 May 1982

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis = 186 km

| orbit_apoapsis = 263 km

| orbit_inclination = 51.6°

| orbit_period = 89 minutes

| apsis = gee

| programme = Progress (spacecraft)

| previous_mission = Progress 12

| next_mission = Progress 14

}}

Progress 13 ({{Langx|ru|Прогресс 13|italic=yes}}) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1982 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Spacecraft

Progress 13 was a Progress 7K-TG spacecraft. The thirteenth of forty three to be launched, it had the serial number 114.{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress.htm |title=Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)|first=Gunter|last=Krebs|work=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=26 November 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt |title=Launch Log|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=26 November 2010}} The Progress 7K-TG spacecraft was the first generation Progress, derived from the Soyuz 7K-T and intended for uncrewed logistics missions to space stations in support of the Salyut programme. On some missions, the spacecraft was also used to adjust the orbit of the space station.

The Progress spacecraft had a dry mass of {{convert|6520|kg}}, which increased to around {{convert|7020|kg}} when fully fuelled. It measured {{convert|7.48|m}} in length, and {{convert|2.72|m}} in diameter. Each spacecraft could accommodate up to {{convert|2500|kg}} of payload, consisting of dry cargo and propellant. The spacecraft was powered by chemical batteries and could operate in free flight for up to three days, remaining docked at the station for up to thirty.{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Rex D.|last2=Shayler|first2=David J.|title=Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft|year=2003 |publisher=Springer-Praxis|isbn=1-85233-657-9|pages=239–250}}

Launch

Progress 13 launched on 23 May 1982 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1982-047A|title=Progress 13|work=NASA|access-date=4 December 2020}} {{PD-notice}}

Docking

Progress 13 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 25 May 1982 at 07:56:36 UTC and was undocked on 4 June 1982 at 06:31 UTC.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/s/salyut7.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211020040/http://www.astronautix.com/s/salyut7.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 December 2016|title=Salyut 7|work=Astronautix|access-date=4 December 2020}}

Decay

It remained in orbit until 6 June 1982, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 00:05 UTC, with the mission ending at around 00:50 UTC.

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