CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0132
MOLNIYA 3-36
MOLNIYA 3-36 (NORAD 20338) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 May 2000, after 10 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20338
International designator
1989-094A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Nov 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 May 2000UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 19 May 2000
Time in orbit
10 years, 5 months3,826 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.4°N to 63.4°SFinal inclination 63.4°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
UNKS / 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 63.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.4°N and 63.4°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 5 monthsMOLNIYA 3-36’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 May 2000
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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