CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0328
SOYUZ-TMA 4M
SOYUZ-TMA 4M (NORAD 38291) landed after a space station visit on 17 September 2012, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38291
International designator
2012-022A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
15 May 2012Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
17 Sep 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months125 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
2,900 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
4 monthsSOYUZ-TMA 4M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2012-022
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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