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Entry no.
1990-0268
PROGRESS 42
PROGRESS 42 (NORAD 20602) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 27 May 1990, after 22 days in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
20602
International designator
1990-041A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
5 May 1990Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 May 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
22 days22 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
7,011 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
Built by
NPO Energiya
Bus
7K-TG
Programme
Progress
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
22 daysPROGRESS 42’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1990-041
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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