CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2010-0071
SOYUZ-TMA 16
SOYUZ-TMA 16 (NORAD 35940) landed after a space station visit on 18 March 2010, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
35940
International designator
2009-053A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
30 Sep 2009Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
18 Mar 2010UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months169 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2,892 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 16’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Mar 2010
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-053
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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