Progress M-37 Explained

Progress M-37
Mission Type:	Mir resupply
Cospar Id:	1997-081A
Satcat:	25102^[1]
Spacecraft:	Progress (No.237)
Spacecraft Type:	Progress-M^[2]
Manufacturer:	RKK Energia
Launch Date:	20 December 1997, 08:45:02 UTC
Launch Rocket:	Soyuz-U
Launch Site:	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:	Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Kvant-1 aft^[3] Docking Date: 22 December 1997, 10:22:20 UTC Undocking Date: 30 January 1998, 12:53 UTC Docking Target: Mir Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Kvant-1 aft Docking Date: 23 February 1998, 10:22:20 UTC Undocking Date: 15 March 1998, 19:16:01 UTC
Disposal Type:	Deorbited
Decay Date:	15 March 1998, 22:14:30 UTC
Orbit Epoch:	20 December 1997
Orbit Reference:	Geocentric
Orbit Regime:	Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:	193 km
Orbit Apoapsis:	242 km
Orbit Inclination:	51.7°
Orbit Period:	88.6 minutes
Apsis:	gee
Programme:	Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:	Progress M-36
Next Mission:	Progress M-38

Progress M-37 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1997 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-37 launched on 20 December 1997 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[4]

Docking

Progress M-37 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 22 December 1997 at 10:22:20 UTC, and was undocked on 30 January 1998 at 12:53 UTC, to make way for Soyuz TM-27.^[5] Following the redocking of Soyuz TM-27 to the forward port of the Mir Core Module, Progress M-37 was redocked to the Kvant-1 module on 23 February 1998 at 10:22:20 UTC, and finally undocked on 15 March 1998 at 19:16:01 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 15 March 1998, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 22:14:30 UTC, with the mission ending at 23:04:00 UTC.

See also

• 1997 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

Notes and References

1. Web site: Launchlog. Jonathan's Space Report. 3 December 2020.
2. Web site: Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM). Gunter's Space Page. 3 December 2020.
3. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-37". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009095011/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm36.sht. 9 October 2007.
4. Web site: Progress M-37. NASA. 3 December 2020.
5. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. 20 August 2016. Astronautix. 3 December 2020.