CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0086
PROGRESS-M 2
PROGRESS-M 2 (NORAD 20373) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 9 February 1990, after 1 month in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
20373
International designator
1989-099A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Dec 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Feb 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month51 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
7,300 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
Built by
NPO Energiya
Bus
7K-TGM
Programme
Progress M
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 monthPROGRESS-M 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Feb 1990
1 entryFrom the same launch
1989-099
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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