Progress M-37
Russian cargo spacecraft
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Progress M-37 (Russian: Прогресс M-37) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1997 to resupply the Mir space station.
A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1997-081A |
| SATCAT no. | 25102[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.237) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 December 1997, 08:45:02 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 15 March 1998, 22:14:30 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 193 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 242 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.7°[3] |
| Period | 88.6 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 20 December 1997 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 22 December 1997, 10:22:20 UTC |
| Undocking date | 30 January 1998, 12:53 UTC |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 23 February 1998, 10:22:20 UTC |
| Undocking date | 15 March 1998, 19:16:01 UTC |
Launch
Progress M-37 launched on 20 December 1997 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]
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.[3][5] 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.
