CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0133
SOYUZ-TMA 8
SOYUZ-TMA 8 (NORAD 28996) landed after a space station visit on 29 September 2006, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28996
International designator
2006-009A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
30 Mar 2006Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
29 Sep 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months183 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2,877 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
RKKE
Bus
7K-STMA
Programme
7K-STMA
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
5 monthsSOYUZ-TMA 8’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Sep 2006
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2006-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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