Progress 36
Progress 36 (Russian: Прогресс 36) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.
![]() A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft  | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply | 
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1988-038A | 
| SATCAT no. | 19117[1] | 
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.144) | 
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] | 
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia | 
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 13 May 1988, 00:30:25 UTC[1] | 
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] | 
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | 
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited | 
| Decay date | 5 June 1988, 20:28:00 UTC[3] | 
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric | 
| Regime | Low Earth | 
| Perigee altitude | 185 km[3] | 
| Apogee altitude | 246 km[3] | 
| Inclination | 51.7°[3] | 
| Period | 88.8 minutes[3] | 
| Epoch | 13 May 1988 | 
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] | 
| Docking date | 15 May 1988, 02:13:26 UTC | 
| Undocking date | 5 June 1988, 11:11:55 UTC | 
Launch
    
Progress 36 launched on 13 May 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][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.[3][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.[3][5]
References
    
- "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
 - "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
 - "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 36"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
 -  "Progress 36". NASA. Retrieved 6 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 6 December 2020.
 
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