CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0022
MOLNIYA 2-3
MOLNIYA 2-3 (NORAD 6208) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 January 1978, after 5 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6208
International designator
1972-075A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Sep 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jan 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 3 months1,930 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 recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
5 years, 3 monthsMOLNIYA 2-3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jan 1978
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1972-075
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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