Satellites

Payload

SOYUZ-TMA 6

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SOYUZ-TMA 6 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on April 15, 2005 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
April 15, 2005 at 12:46 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz FG
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission
Soyuz TMA-6

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
349 km
Periapsis
347 km
Inclination
51.64°
Orbital period
91.49 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
7,270 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2005-013A
NORAD catalog №
28640
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
23.1476 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 11, 2005

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 11, 2005
Time in service
179 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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