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Entry no.
1978-0354

MOLNIYA 2-6

MOLNIYA 2-6 (NORAD 6722) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 August 1978, after 5 years in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
6722
International designator
1973-045A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Jul 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Aug 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years1,851 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 allowed
Exact 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

5 years

MOLNIYA 2-6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1973-045
1973-0399SL-6 R/B(1)1978-0394SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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