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Entry no.
1998-0034
SOYUZ-TM 26
SOYUZ-TM 26 (NORAD 24886) landed after a space station visit on 19 February 1998, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24886
International designator
1997-038A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
5 Aug 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
19 Feb 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months198 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
51.7°N to 51.7°SFinal inclination 51.7°
Mass
2,850 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
RKKE
Bus
7K-STM
Programme
7K-STM
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 51.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.7°N and 51.7°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsSOYUZ-TM 26’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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