Progress 3 (7K-TG s/n 103), the third unmanned cargo freighter to resupply Salyut 6 with food, equipment, and propellant for the EO-2 crew. Soyuz-U from Baikonur Site 31/6 docked 9 Aug and undocked 21 Aug 1978 before destructive reentry.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 9.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 114th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 7 August 1978, 22:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1978-077
- Launches in 1978
- 79th of 128
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