| Progress M-36 | |
| Mission Type: | Mir resupply |
| Cospar Id: | 1997-058A |
| Satcat: | 25002[1] |
| Spacecraft: | Progress (No.236) |
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer: | RKK Energia |
| Launch Date: | 5 October 1997, 15:08:57 UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U |
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| Docking: | |
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited |
| Decay Date: | 19 December 1997, 13:20:01 UTC |
| Orbit Epoch: | 5 October 1997 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 193 km |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 246 km |
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° |
| Orbit Period: | 88.6 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
| Programme: | Progress (spacecraft) |
| Previous Mission: | Progress M-35 |
| Next Mission: | Progress M-37 |
Progress M-36 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1997 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress M-36 launched on 5 October 1997 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[4]
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.[5]
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.