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Entry no.
1991-0152

MOLNIYA 1-47

MOLNIYA 1-47 (NORAD 11856) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 April 1991, after 10 years, 9 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
11856
International designator
1980-053A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Jun 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Apr 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 9 months3,936 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.4°N to 63.4°SFinal inclination 63.4°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1K

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 63.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.4°N and 63.4°S.

Life in orbit

10 years, 9 months

MOLNIYA 1-47’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 1 Apr 1991

4 entries
1991-0155COSMOS 21341991-0151THORAD AGENA D DEB1991-0153ARIANE 1 DEB1991-0154ARIANE 1 DEB

From the same launch

1980-053
1980-0296SL-6 R/B(1)1991-0248SL-6 R/B(2)
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