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Entry no.
1974-0109

MOLNIYA 1-11

MOLNIYA 1-11 (NORAD 3885) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 April 1974, after 5 years in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
3885
International designator
1969-035A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Apr 1969Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Apr 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years1,832 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.5°N to 64.5°SFinal inclination 64.5°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
TsUKOS
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 64.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.5°N and 64.5°S.

Life in orbit

5 years

MOLNIYA 1-11’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 17 Apr 1974

1 entry
1974-0110COSMOS 639 DEB

From the same launch

1969-035
1969-0123SL-6 R/B(1)1974-0177SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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