CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0083
PROGRESS-M 31
PROGRESS-M 31 (NORAD 23860) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 1 August 1996, after 2 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
23860
International designator
1996-028A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
5 May 1996Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Aug 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months88 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
7,140 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
RKKE
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 31’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Aug 1996
1 entryFrom the same launch
1996-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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