CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0114
PROGRESS-M 17M
PROGRESS-M 17M (NORAD 38975) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 21 April 2013, after 5 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
38975
International designator
2012-060A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
31 Oct 2012Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Apr 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months172 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.7°N to 51.7°SFinal inclination 51.7°
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 51.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.7°N and 51.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsPROGRESS-M 17M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Apr 2013
1 entryFrom the same launch
2012-060
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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