CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0234
SOYUZ-TMA 3M
SOYUZ-TMA 3M (NORAD 38036) landed after a space station visit on 1 July 2012, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38036
International designator
2011-078A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
21 Dec 2011Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
1 Jul 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months193 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2,919 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
RKKE
Bus
7K-STMA A47
Programme
7K-STMM
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
6 monthsSOYUZ-TMA 3M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Jul 2012
1 entryFrom the same launch
2011-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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