CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0033
MOLNIYA 1-17 DEB *
MOLNIYA 1-17 DEB * (NORAD 6313) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 1973.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6313
International designator
1970-114G
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Dec 1970Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 1 month775 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
MOLNIYA 1-17 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1970-114
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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