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Entry no.
2021-0263

PROGRESS MS-16

PROGRESS MS-16 (NORAD 47618) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 26 July 2021, after 5 months in orbit.

Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
47618
International designator
2021-011A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
15 Feb 2021Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jul 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months161 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
4,960 kg
Operator
RKKE
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
Bus
7K-TGM
Programme
Progress MS

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.

Life in orbit

5 months

PROGRESS MS-16’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 26 Jul 2021

1 entry
2021-0264SL-4 R/B

From the same launch

2021-011
2021-0051SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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