Progress M-36

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

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
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 (spacecraft) ← Progress M-35 Progress M-37 →

Launch

Progress M-36 launched on 5 October 1997 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[2][4]

Docking

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]

Decay

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]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

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