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Entry no.
2015-0473
PROGRESS-M 28M
PROGRESS-M 28M (NORAD 40713) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 19 December 2015, after 5 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
40713
International designator
2015-031A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
3 Jul 2015Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Dec 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months169 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
5 monthsPROGRESS-M 28M’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2015-031
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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