CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0114
MOLNIYA 1-34
MOLNIYA 1-34 (NORAD 8762) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 May 1985, after 9 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8762
International designator
1976-026A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Mar 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 May 1985UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 15 May 1985
Time in orbit
9 years, 1 month3,343 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.6°N to 63.6°SFinal inclination 63.6°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1M
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 63.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.6°N and 63.6°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 1 monthMOLNIYA 1-34’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1976-026
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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