CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0243
SOYUZ MS-09
SOYUZ MS-09 (NORAD 43493) landed after a space station visit on 20 December 2018, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43493
International designator
2018-051A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
6 Jun 2018Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
20 Dec 2018UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months197 days
How it ended
Landed after a station visit
Latitude range
—
Mass
2,903 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
RKKE
Bus
7K-S A48
Programme
Soyuz MS
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 monthsSOYUZ MS-09’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Dec 2018
1 entryFrom the same launch
2018-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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