CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0249
MOLNIYA 2-12
MOLNIYA 2-12 (NORAD 7641) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 August 1985, after 10 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7641
International designator
1975-009A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Feb 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Aug 1985UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 4 Jul 1985
Time in orbit
10 years, 5 months3,832 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-2
Programme
Molniya-2
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
10 years, 5 monthsMOLNIYA 2-12’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Aug 1985
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1975-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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