CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0237
MOLNIYA 1-25
MOLNIYA 1-25 (NORAD 6932) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 June 1979, after 5 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6932
International designator
1973-089A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Nov 1973Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Jun 1979UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 26 May 1979
Time in orbit
5 years, 6 months2,029 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 6 monthsMOLNIYA 1-25’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Jun 1979
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1973-089
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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