CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0219
MOLNIYA 3-14
MOLNIYA 3-14 (NORAD 12133) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 July 1999, after 18 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12133
International designator
1981-002A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
9 Jan 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jul 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 years, 5 months6,749 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.9°N to 61.9°SFinal inclination 61.9°
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 61.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.9°N and 61.9°S.
Life in orbit
18 years, 5 monthsMOLNIYA 3-14’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Jul 1999
1 entryFrom the same launch
1981-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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