CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0149
MOLNIYA 1-12 DEB
MOLNIYA 1-12 DEB (NORAD 5302) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 June 1971.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5302
International designator
1969-061G
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
22 Jul 1969Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jun 1971UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 10 months696 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
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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