Progress 37 (Russian: Прогресс 37) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.
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Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1988-061A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 19322[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.145) |
Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 18 July 1988, 21:13:09 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 12 August 1988, 12:51:30 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 189 km[3] |
Apogee altitude | 256 km[3] |
Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
Period | 89 minutes[3] |
Epoch | 18 July 1988 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
Docking date | 20 July 1988, 22:33:40 UTC |
Undocking date | 12 August 1988, 08:31:54 UTC |
Progress (spacecraft) |
Progress 37 launched on 18 July 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Progress 37 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 20 July 1988 at 22:33:40 UTC, and was undocked on 12 August 1988 at 08:31:54 UTC.[3][5]
It remained in orbit until 12 August 1988, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 12:51:30 UTC and the mission ended at 13:45:40 UTC.[3][5]
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