CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0162
MOLNIYA 3-6
MOLNIYA 3-6 (NORAD 9635) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 March 1990, after 13 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9635
International designator
1976-127A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Dec 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Mar 1990UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 6 Feb 1990
Time in orbit
13 years, 2 months4,829 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 2 monthsMOLNIYA 3-6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Mar 1990
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-127
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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