Progress 36

{{Short description|Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Progress 36

| image = Progress drawing.svg

| image_caption = A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft

| mission_type = Mir resupply

| COSPAR_ID = 1988-038A

| SATCAT = 19117{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launchlog|work=Jonathan's Space Report|access-date=6 December 2020}}

| spacecraft = Progress (No.144)

| spacecraft_type = Progress 7K-TG{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress.htm|title=Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)|work=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=6 December 2020}}

| manufacturer = NPO Energia

| launch_date = 13 May 1988, 00:30:25 UTC

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U2

| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5

| docking =

{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = Mir

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port = Kvant-1 aft{{cite web|url=http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr36.sht|title=Cargo spacecraft "Progress 36"|work=Manned Astronautics figures and facts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009100242/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr36.sht|archive-date=9 October 2007}}

| docking_date = 15 May 1988, 02:13:26 UTC

| undocking_date = 5 June 1988, 11:11:55 UTC

}}

| disposal_type = Deorbited

| decay_date = 5 June 1988, 20:28:00 UTC

| orbit_epoch = 13 May 1988

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis = 185 km

| orbit_apoapsis = 246 km

| orbit_inclination = 51.7°

| orbit_period = 88.8 minutes

| apsis = gee

| programme = Progress (spacecraft)

| previous_mission = Progress 35

| next_mission = Progress 37

}}

Progress 36 ({{Langx|ru|Прогресс 36|italic=yes}}) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 36 launched on 13 May 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1988-038A|title=Progress 36|work=NASA|access-date=6 December 2020}} {{PD-notice}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2016|title=Mir|work=Astronautix|access-date=6 December 2020}}

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.

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