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Entry no.
1999-0044
PROGRESS-M 40
PROGRESS-M 40 (NORAD 25512) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 5 February 1999, after 3 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
25512
International designator
1998-062A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Oct 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Feb 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months103 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
7,200 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
3 monthsPROGRESS-M 40’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1998-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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