CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0156
MOLNIYA 3-22
MOLNIYA 3-22 (NORAD 14570) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 August 1993, after 9 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14570
International designator
1983-123A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Dec 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Aug 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 7 months3,528 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.9°N to 63.9°SFinal inclination 63.9°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
NPO PM / MSvyaz
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-3
Programme
Molniya-3
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 63.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.9°N and 63.9°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 7 monthsMOLNIYA 3-22’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Aug 1993
1 entryFrom the same launch
1983-123
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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