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1979-0586

MOLNIYA 1-24

MOLNIYA 1-24 (NORAD 6805) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 December 1979, after 6 years, 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
6805
International designator
1973-061A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Aug 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Dec 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 3 months2,288 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

6 years, 3 months

MOLNIYA 1-24’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 5 Dec 1979

5 entries
1979-0589Kosmos-1112 SS 151979-0590Kosmos-1112 SS 211979-0585SL-6 R/B(2)1979-0587SL-6 R/B(2)1979-0588COSMOS 1111 DEB

From the same launch

1973-061
1973-0443SL-6 R/B(1)1979-0587SL-6 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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