CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0101
SOYUZ-TM ORBIT MODULE
SOYUZ-TM ORBIT MODULE (NORAD 16748) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 March 1987, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16748
International designator
1986-035C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
21 May 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Mar 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months305 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1,280 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
Built by
NPO Energiya
Bus
Soyuz BO
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
10 monthsSOYUZ-TM ORBIT MODULE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Mar 1987
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-035
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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