CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0368
SOYUZ-TM 3 ORBIT MODULE
SOYUZ-TM 3 ORBIT MODULE (NORAD 18723) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 June 1988, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18723
International designator
1987-063C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Jul 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jun 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months331 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 3 ORBIT MODULE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jun 1988
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-063
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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