Progress 37

Progress 37 (Russian: Прогресс 37) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress 37

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
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)

Launch

Progress 37 launched on 18 July 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]

Docking

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]

Decay

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]

See also

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

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 37"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
4. "Progress 37". NASA. Retrieved 7 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Mir". Astronautix. Retrieved 7 December 2020.