CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0021
MOLNIYA 2-16
MOLNIYA 2-16 (NORAD 9574) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 January 1991, after 14 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9574
International designator
1976-116A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
2 Dec 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jan 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years, 1 month5,160 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°
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 62.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.0°N and 62.0°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 1 monthMOLNIYA 2-16’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Jan 1991
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-116
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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