CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0119
MOLNIYA 1-9
MOLNIYA 1-9 (NORAD 3310) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 May 1971, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3310
International designator
1968-057A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Jul 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 May 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,044 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.2°N to 65.2°SFinal inclination 65.2°
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 65.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.2°N and 65.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 10 monthsMOLNIYA 1-9’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 May 1971
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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