CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0131
PROGRESS-M 47
PROGRESS-M 47 (NORAD 27681) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 28 August 2003, after 6 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
27681
International designator
2003-006A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
2 Feb 2003Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Aug 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months207 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
—
Mass
7,230 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
Bus
7K-TGM
Programme
Progress M
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
6 monthsPROGRESS-M 47’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Aug 2003
1 entryFrom the same launch
2003-006Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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