CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0038
PROGRESS-M 16M
PROGRESS-M 16M (NORAD 38738) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 9 February 2013, after 6 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
38738
International designator
2012-042A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
1 Aug 2012Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Feb 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months192 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
—
Mass
7,290 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
Bus
7K-TGM
Programme
Progress MM
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
6 monthsPROGRESS-M 16M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Feb 2013
1 entryFrom the same launch
2012-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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