CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0460
MOLNIYA 1-33
MOLNIYA 1-33 (NORAD 8741) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 October 1990, after 14 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8741
International designator
1976-021A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Mar 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Oct 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years, 6 months5,326 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.6°N to 62.6°SFinal inclination 62.6°
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 62.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.6°N and 62.6°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 6 monthsMOLNIYA 1-33’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Oct 1990
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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