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Entry no.
1977-0180

MOLNIYA 1-19

MOLNIYA 1-19 (NORAD 5712) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 April 1977, after 5 years, 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
5712
International designator
1971-115A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Dec 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Apr 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 3 months1,942 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
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 allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.

Life in orbit

5 years, 3 months

MOLNIYA 1-19’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1971-115
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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