CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0061
MOLNIYA 3-26
MOLNIYA 3-26 (NORAD 16112) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 February 2001, after 15 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16112
International designator
1985-091A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Oct 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Feb 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 4 months5,621 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.6°N to 62.6°SFinal inclination 62.6°
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 62.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.6°N and 62.6°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 4 monthsMOLNIYA 3-26’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Feb 2001
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-091
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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