CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1995-0154
MOLNIYA 1-48
MOLNIYA 1-48 (NORAD 12066) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 November 1995, after 15 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12066
International designator
1980-092A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Nov 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Nov 1995UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years5,480 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.3°N to 62.3°SFinal inclination 62.3°
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 allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.3°N and 62.3°S.
Life in orbit
15 yearsMOLNIYA 1-48’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Nov 1995
1 entryFrom the same launch
1980-092
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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