CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0154
MOLNIYA 2-2
MOLNIYA 2-2 (NORAD 6031) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 March 1977, after 4 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6031
International designator
1972-037A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 May 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Mar 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 10 months1,768 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-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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 10 monthsMOLNIYA 2-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Mar 1977
1 entryFrom the same launch
1972-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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