CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0842
MOLNIYA 3-2
MOLNIYA 3-2 (NORAD 7738) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 November 1988, after 13 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7738
International designator
1975-029A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Apr 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Nov 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 7 months4,978 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
OKB-10 / MSvyaz
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-3
Programme
Molniya-3
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 62.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.0°N and 62.0°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 7 monthsMOLNIYA 3-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Nov 1988
1 entryFrom the same launch
1975-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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