CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0069
FOTON-M2
FOTON-M2 (NORAD 28686) landed on 16 June 2005, after 16 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28686
International designator
2005-020A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
31 May 2005Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
16 Jun 2005Recorded time 07:36 UTC
Time in orbit
16 days16 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
63.0°N to 63.0°SFinal inclination 63.0°
Mass
2,515 kg
Operator
TsSKB-Progress
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
Bus
Foton
Programme
Foton
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 63.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.0°N and 63.0°S.
Life in orbit
16 daysAlso ended on 16 Jun 2005
1 entryFrom the same launch
2005-020Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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