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Entry no.
2000-0349
MOLNIYA 1-76
MOLNIYA 1-76 (NORAD 20255) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 November 2000, after 11 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20255
International designator
1989-078A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Sep 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Nov 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 1 month4,063 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.2°N to 63.2°SFinal inclination 63.2°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1T
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 63.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.2°N and 63.2°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 1 monthMOLNIYA 1-76’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1989-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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