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Entry no.
2001-0089

Mir

Mir (NORAD 16609) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry on 23 March 2001 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 15 years, 1 month in orbit.

Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
16609
International designator
1986-017A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Feb 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Mar 2001Recorded time 05:55 UTC
Time in orbit
15 years, 1 month5,511 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
20,100 kg
Operator
NPO Energiya
Built by
ZIKh
Bus
Almaz
Programme
DOS

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 26.2°S, 175.9°W at 05:55 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.

Life in orbit

15 years, 1 month

Mir’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Came down with Mir

6 entries
2001-0090Kvant-12001-0091Kvant-22001-0092Kristall2001-0093Spektr2001-0094Priroda2001-0095Progress M1-5

From the same launch

1986-017
1986-0098SL-13 R/B

Fragments of this object

319 on record
319fragments of Mir are in the register →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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