CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0225
PROGRESS 24
PROGRESS 24 (NORAD 15838) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 16 July 1985, after 25 days in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
15838
International designator
1985-051A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Jun 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jul 1985UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
25 days25 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.7°N to 51.7°SFinal inclination 51.7°
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 51.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.7°N and 51.7°S.
Life in orbit
25 daysPROGRESS 24’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Jul 1985
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1985-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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