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Entry no.
1976-0134

MOLNIYA 2-1

MOLNIYA 2-1 (NORAD 5620) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 May 1976, after 4 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
5620
International designator
1971-100A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Nov 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 May 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 5 months1,629 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-2
Programme
Molniya-2

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

4 years, 5 months

MOLNIYA 2-1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 10 May 1976

1 entry
1976-0135SL-4 R/B

From the same launch

1971-100
1971-0314SL-6 R/B(1)1974-0010SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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