Progress 5


Progress 5, was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1979 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station.

Launch

Progress 5 launched on 12 March 1979 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

Progress 5 docked with Salyut 6 on 14 March 1979 at 07:19:21 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 5 April 1979, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 01:04 UTC.