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2015-0369

SOYUZ-TMA 16M

SOYUZ-TMA 16M (NORAD 40542) landed after a space station visit on 12 September 2015, after 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
40542
International designator
2015-016A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
27 Mar 2015Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
12 Sep 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months169 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
—
Mass
2,914 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
RKKE
Bus
7K-STMA A47
Programme
7K-STMM

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

5 months

SOYUZ-TMA 16M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

2015-016
2015-0158SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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