Progress 26 () was a

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uncrewed

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cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1986 to resupply the

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space station.

Launch

Progress 26 launched on 23 April 1986 from the

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in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.

Docking

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.

Decay

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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Launch

Docking

Decay

See also

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