CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0049
Salyut 7
Salyut 7 (NORAD 13138) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 1991, after 8 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13138
International designator
1982-033A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Apr 1982Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 1991Recorded time 03:44 UTC
Time in orbit
8 years, 9 months3,216 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
19,824 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
Built by
ZIKh
Bus
Almaz
Programme
DOS
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
8 years, 9 monthsSalyut 7’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with Salyut 7
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1982-033Fragments of this object
196 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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