CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0056
MOLNIYA 1-6
MOLNIYA 1-6 (NORAD 2973) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 March 1969, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2973
International designator
1967-095A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Oct 1967Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Mar 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months518 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.3°N to 65.3°SFinal inclination 65.3°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
TsUKOS
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1
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 65.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.3°N and 65.3°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsMOLNIYA 1-6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Mar 1969
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1967-095
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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