CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0225
FOTON 3
FOTON 3 (NORAD 20566) landed on 27 April 1990, after 16 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20566
International designator
1990-032A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Apr 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
27 Apr 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 days16 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,222 kg
Operator
TsSKB
Built by
TsSKB
Bus
Foton
Programme
Foton
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
16 daysAlso ended on 27 Apr 1990
1 entryFrom the same launch
1990-032
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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