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Entry no.
2005-0030
PROGRESS-M 51
PROGRESS-M 51 (NORAD 28503) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 9 March 2005, after 2 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
28503
International designator
2004-051A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
23 Dec 2004Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Mar 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months76 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
7,260 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
2 monthsPROGRESS-M 51’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2004-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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