CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0194
PROGRESS-M 50
PROGRESS-M 50 (NORAD 28399) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 23 December 2004, after 4 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
28399
International designator
2004-032A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
11 Aug 2004Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months134 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
7,264 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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsPROGRESS-M 50’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Dec 2004
1 entryFrom the same launch
2004-032
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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