CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1975-0012
MOLNIYA 2-4
MOLNIYA 2-4 (NORAD 6308) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 January 1975, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6308
International designator
1972-098A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
12 Dec 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jan 1975UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 22 Jan 1975
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month763 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.6°N to 65.6°SFinal inclination 65.6°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-2
Programme
Molniya-2
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 65.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.6°N and 65.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 1 monthMOLNIYA 2-4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Jan 1975
1 entryFrom the same launch
1972-098
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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