CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1967-0059
MOLNIYA 1-2
MOLNIYA 1-2 (NORAD 1621) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 March 1967, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1621
International designator
1965-080A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Oct 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Mar 1967UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months519 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
OKB-10
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsMOLNIYA 1-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Mar 1967
1 entryFrom the same launch
1965-080
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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