Progress 16
{{Short description|Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Progress 16
| image = Progress drawing.svg
| image_caption = A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
| mission_type = Salyut 7 resupply
| COSPAR_ID = 1982-107A
| SATCAT = 13638{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launchlog|work=Jonathan's Space Report|access-date=6 December 2020}}
| spacecraft = Progress (No.115)
| 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=6 December 2020}}
| manufacturer = NPO Energia
| launch_date = 31 October 1982, 11:20:36 UTC
| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U
| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5
| docking =
{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
| docking_target = Salyut 7
| docking_type = dock
| docking_date = 2 November 1982, 13:22 UTC
| undocking_date = 13 December 1982, 15:32 UTC
}}
| disposal_type = Deorbited
| decay_date = 14 December 1982, 17:17 UTC
| orbit_epoch = 31 October 1982
| orbit_reference = Geocentric
| orbit_regime = Low Earth
| apsis = gee
| programme = Progress (spacecraft)
| previous_mission = Progress 15
| next_mission = Progress 17
}}
Progress 16 ({{Langx|ru|Прогресс 16|italic=yes}}) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1982 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.
Spacecraft
Progress 16 was a Progress 7K-TG spacecraft. The 16th of forty three to be launched, it had the serial number 115.{{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 were 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 were powered by chemical batteries, and could operate in free flight for up to three days, remaining docked to 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 16 launched on 31 October 1982 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. It used a Soyuz-U launch vehicle.{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1982-107A|title=Progress 16|work=NASA|access-date=6 December 2020}} {{PD-notice}}
Docking
Progress 16 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 2 November 1982 at 13:22 UTC, and was undocked on 13 December 1982 at 15:32 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=6 December 2020}}
Decay
See also
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References
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