Progress 36 Explained

Progress 36
Mission Type:Mir resupply
Cospar Id:1988-038A
Satcat:19117[1]
Spacecraft:Progress (No.144)
Spacecraft Type:Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer:NPO Energia
Launch Date:13 May 1988, 00:30:25 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U2
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking Date:15 May 1988, 02:13:26 UTC
Undocking Date:5 June 1988, 11:11:55 UTC
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:5 June 1988, 20:28:00 UTC
Orbit Epoch:13 May 1988
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:185 km
Orbit Apoapsis:246 km
Orbit Inclination:51.7°
Orbit Period:88.8 minutes
Apsis:gee
Programme:Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:Progress 35
Next Mission:Progress 37

Progress 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.[4]

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.[5]

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launchlog. Jonathan's Space Report. 6 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG). Gunter's Space Page. 6 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress 36". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009100242/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr36.sht. 9 October 2007.
  4. Web site: Progress 36. NASA. 6 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. 20 August 2016. Astronautix. 6 December 2020.