Progress 35

Progress 35 (Russian: Прогресс 35) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress 35

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1988-024A
SATCAT no.	18992[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.143)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	23 March 1988, 21:05:12 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U2[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	5 May 1988, 06:01:30 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	185 km[3]
Apogee altitude	262 km[3]
Inclination	51.6°[3]
Period	89 minutes[3]
Epoch	23 March 1988
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date	25 March 1988, 22:21:35 UTC
Undocking date	5 May 1988, 01:36:03 UTC
Progress (spacecraft)

Launch

Progress 35 launched on 23 March 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 35 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 25 March 1988 at 22:21:35 UTC, and was undocked on 5 May 1988 at 01:36:03 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 5 May 1988, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 06:01:30 UTC and the mission ended at 06:56:19 UTC.[3][5]

See also

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

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 35"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
4. "Progress 35". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Mir". Astronautix. Retrieved 6 December 2020.