CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0423
PROGRESS MS-17
PROGRESS MS-17 (NORAD 48869) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 25 November 2021, after 4 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
48869
International designator
2021-057A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
29 Jun 2021Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Nov 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months149 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 allowedExact 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
4 monthsPROGRESS MS-17’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2021-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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