CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0038
MOLNIYA 1-14
MOLNIYA 1-14 (NORAD 4430) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 February 1976, after 5 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4430
International designator
1970-049A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Jun 1970Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Feb 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 7 months2,061 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 7 monthsMOLNIYA 1-14’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Feb 1976
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1970-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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