Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1997-058A |
SATCAT no. | 25002 [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.236) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M [2] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 5 October 1997, 15:08:57 UTC [1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U [2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 19 December 1997, 13:20:01 UTC [3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 km [3] |
Apogee altitude | 246 km [3] |
Inclination | 51.6° [3] |
Period | 88.6 minutes [3] |
Epoch | 5 October 1997 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft [3] |
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.
Progress M-36 launched on 5 October 1997 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [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. [3] [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. [3] [5]