CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0434
SFERA
SFERA (NORAD 38751) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after release from its host on 24 November 2012, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38751
International designator
1998-067CM
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
1 Aug 2012Baikonur Cosmodrome
Released from
The International Space Station
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Nov 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months115 days
How it ended
Re-entered after release from its host
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
8 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
RKKE?
Bus
Sfera-53
Programme
DOS SS
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
3 monthsSFERA’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2012-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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