CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0443
MOLNIYA 1-27
MOLNIYA 1-27 (NORAD 7260) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 November 1983, after 9 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7260
International designator
1974-023A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Apr 1974Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Nov 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 6 months3,498 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.5°N to 63.5°SFinal inclination 63.5°
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 63.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.5°N and 63.5°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 6 monthsMOLNIYA 1-27’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Nov 1983
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1974-023
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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