Progress M-37

{{Short description|Russian cargo spacecraft}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Progress M-37

| image = Progress-M drawing.svg

| image_caption = A Progress-M spacecraft

| mission_type = Mir resupply

| COSPAR_ID = 1997-081A

| SATCAT = 25102{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launchlog|work=Jonathan's Space Report|access-date=3 December 2020}}

| spacecraft = Progress (No.237)

| spacecraft_type = Progress-M{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress-m.htm|title=Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)|work=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=3 December 2020}}

| manufacturer = RKK Energia

| launch_date = 20 December 1997, 08:45:02 UTC

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U

| 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/prm36.sht|title=Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-37"|work=Manned Astronautics figures and facts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009095011/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm36.sht|archive-date=9 October 2007}}

| docking_date = 22 December 1997, 10:22:20 UTC

| undocking_date = 30 January 1998, 12:53 UTC

}}

{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = Mir

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port = Kvant-1 aft

| docking_date = 23 February 1998, 10:22:20 UTC

| undocking_date = 15 March 1998, 19:16:01 UTC

}}

| disposal_type = Deorbited

| decay_date = 15 March 1998, 22:14:30 UTC

| orbit_epoch = 20 December 1997

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis = 193 km

| orbit_apoapsis = 242 km

| orbit_inclination = 51.7°

| orbit_period = 88.6 minutes

| apsis = gee

| programme = Progress (spacecraft)

| previous_mission = Progress M-36

| next_mission = Progress M-38

}}

Progress M-37 ({{Langx|ru|Прогресс M-37|italic=yes}}) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1997 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-37 launched on 20 December 1997 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1997-081A|title=Progress M-37|work=NASA|access-date=3 December 2020}} {{PD-notice}}

Docking

Progress M-37 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 22 December 1997 at 10:22:20 UTC, and was undocked on 30 January 1998 at 12:53 UTC, to make way for Soyuz TM-27.{{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=3 December 2020}} Following the redocking of Soyuz TM-27 to the forward port of the Mir Core Module, Progress M-37 was redocked to the Kvant-1 module on 23 February 1998 at 10:22:20 UTC, and finally undocked on 15 March 1998 at 19:16:01 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 15 March 1998, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 22:14:30 UTC, with the mission ending at 23:04:00 UTC.

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