CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0353
PROGRESS 2
PROGRESS 2 (NORAD 10979) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 4 August 1978, after 28 days in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
10979
International designator
1978-070A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
7 Jul 1978Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Aug 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
28 days28 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
7,250 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
Built by
NPO Energiya
Bus
7K-TG
Programme
Progress
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
28 daysAlso ended on 4 Aug 1978
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1978-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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