CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0203
MOLNIYA 1-35
MOLNIYA 1-35 (NORAD 9049) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 May 1987, after 10 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9049
International designator
1976-074A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
23 Jul 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 May 1987UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 29 May 1987
Time in orbit
10 years, 10 months3,963 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.4°N to 63.4°SFinal inclination 63.4°
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 63.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.4°N and 63.4°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 10 monthsMOLNIYA 1-35’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 May 1987
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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