CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0287
SOYUZ-T 15 ORBIT MODULE
SOYUZ-T 15 ORBIT MODULE (NORAD 16863) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 July 1987, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16863
International designator
1986-022C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
13 Mar 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Jul 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months499 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
1,250 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
1 year, 4 monthsSOYUZ-T 15 ORBIT MODULE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1986-022
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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