CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0383
SOYUZ 38
SOYUZ 38 (NORAD 11977) landed after a space station visit on 26 September 1980, after 8 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11977
International designator
1980-075A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Sep 1980Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
26 Sep 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 days8 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2,850 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
Built by
NPO Energiya
Bus
7K-T
Programme
7K-T
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
8 daysAlso ended on 26 Sep 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-075
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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