CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0301
PROGRESS-M 15M
PROGRESS-M 15M (NORAD 38222) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 20 August 2012, after 4 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
38222
International designator
2012-015A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
20 Apr 2012Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Aug 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months122 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
7,290 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
Bus
7K-TGM
Programme
Progress MM
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
4 monthsPROGRESS-M 15M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Aug 2012
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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