Progress 36 (Russian: Прогресс 36) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.
 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1988-038A |
| SATCAT no. | 19117[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.144) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 13 May 1988, 00:30:25 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 5 June 1988, 20:28:00 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 185 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 246 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.7°[3] |
| Period | 88.8 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 13 May 1988 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 15 May 1988, 02:13:26 UTC |
| Undocking date | 5 June 1988, 11:11:55 UTC |
Launch
editProgress 36 launched on 13 May 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
editProgress 36 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 15 May 1988 at 02:13:26 UTC, and was undocked on 5 June 1988 at 11:11:55 UTC.[3][5]
Decay
editIt remained in orbit until 5 June 1988, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 20:28:00 UTC and the mission ended at 21:18:40 UTC.[3][5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 36"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress 36". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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- ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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