CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0252
MOLNIYA 1-55
MOLNIYA 1-55 (NORAD 13383) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 October 1992, after 10 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13383
International designator
1982-074A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Jul 1982Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Oct 1992UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 10 Oct 1992
Time in orbit
10 years, 2 months3,732 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
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1K
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 63.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.4°N and 63.4°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 2 monthsMOLNIYA 1-55’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Oct 1992
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1982-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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