CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0424
MOLNIYA 1-30
MOLNIYA 1-30 (NORAD 7903) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 September 1987, after 12 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7903
International designator
1975-049A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Jun 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Sep 1987UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 12 Aug 1987
Time in orbit
12 years, 3 months4,495 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-1M
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
12 years, 3 monthsMOLNIYA 1-30’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Sep 1987
1 entryFrom the same launch
1975-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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