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Progress 36

Progress 36 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.

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Progress 36
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1988-038A
SATCAT no.191171
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.144)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG2
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date13 May 1988, 00:30:25 UTC1
RocketSoyuz-U22
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date5 June 1988, 20:28:00 UTC3
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude185 km3
Apogee altitude246 km3
Inclination51.7°3
Period88.8 minutes3
Epoch13 May 1988
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft3
Docking date15 May 1988, 02:13:26 UTC
Undocking date5 June 1988, 11:11:55 UTC

Progress 36 (Russian: Прогресс 36) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 36 launched on 13 May 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.24

Docking

Progress 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.35

Decay

It 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.35

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 36"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 36". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.