CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0148
MOLNIYA 1-12
MOLNIYA 1-12 (NORAD 4043) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 June 1971, after 1 year, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4043
International designator
1969-061A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Jul 1969Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jun 1971UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 10 months696 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.1°N to 65.1°SFinal inclination 65.1°
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 65.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.1°N and 65.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 10 monthsMOLNIYA 1-12’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Jun 1971
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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