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.

Progress 36

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
Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 35 Progress 37 →

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]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• 1988 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir