CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0164
PROGRESS-M 12
PROGRESS-M 12 (NORAD 21946) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 27 June 1992, after 2 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
21946
International designator
1992-022A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
19 Apr 1992Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jun 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months69 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
7,320 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
2 monthsPROGRESS-M 12’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Jun 1992
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1992-022
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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