CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0366
PROGRESS 17
PROGRESS 17 (NORAD 14283) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 18 September 1983, after 1 month in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
14283
International designator
1983-085A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Aug 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Sep 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month32 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
1 monthPROGRESS 17’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Sep 1983
1 entryFrom the same launch
1983-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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