CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0035
SOYUZ-TM 2 ORBIT MODULE
SOYUZ-TM 2 ORBIT MODULE (NORAD 18242) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 January 1988, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18242
International designator
1987-013C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Feb 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jan 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months345 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
11 monthsSOYUZ-TM 2 ORBIT MODULE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Jan 1988
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-013
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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