CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0295
MOLNIYA 1-18
MOLNIYA 1-18 (NORAD 5367) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 July 1977, after 5 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5367
International designator
1971-064A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Jul 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jul 1977UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 11 months2,183 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 allowedExact 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, 11 monthsMOLNIYA 1-18’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Jul 1977
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-064
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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