CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0061
MOLNIYA 3-28
MOLNIYA 3-28 (NORAD 16683) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 February 1999, after 12 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16683
International designator
1986-031A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Apr 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Feb 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 10 months4,696 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.4°N to 61.4°SFinal inclination 61.4°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
GUKOS / 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 61.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.4°N and 61.4°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 10 monthsMOLNIYA 3-28’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Feb 1999
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-031
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1999-0061
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1999-0061
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.