CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0315
PROGRESS-M 39
PROGRESS-M 39 (NORAD 25340) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 29 October 1998, after 5 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
25340
International designator
1998-031A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
14 May 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Oct 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months168 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.7°N to 51.7°SFinal inclination 51.7°
Mass
7,125 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
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 51.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.7°N and 51.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsPROGRESS-M 39’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Oct 1998
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-031
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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