CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0306
MOLNIYA 2-15
MOLNIYA 2-15 (NORAD 8492) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 June 1990, after 14 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8492
International designator
1975-121A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Dec 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Jun 1990UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 7 Mar 1987
Time in orbit
14 years, 6 months5,307 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-2
Programme
Molniya-2
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 6 monthsMOLNIYA 2-15’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Jun 1990
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1975-121
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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