 A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1997-058A |
| SATCAT no. | 250021 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.236) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M2 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 5 October 1997, 15:08:57 UTC1 |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 19 December 1997, 13:20:01 UTC3 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 193 km3 |
| Apogee altitude | 246 km3 |
| Inclination | 51.6°3 |
| Period | 88.6 minutes3 |
| Epoch | 5 October 1997 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft3 |
| Docking date | 8 October 1997, 17:07:09 UTC |
| Undocking date | 17 December 1997, 06:01:53 UTC |
Progress M-36 (Russian: Прогресс M-36) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1997 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress M-36 launched on 5 October 1997 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.24
Docking
Progress M-36 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 8 October 1997 at 17:07:09 UTC, and was undocked on 17 December 1997 at 06:01:53 UTC.35
Decay
It remained in orbit until 19 December 1997, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 13:20:01 UTC, with the mission ending at 13:59:01 UTC.35
References
References
- "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-36"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- "Progress M-36". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.