CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0151
MOLNIYA 3-21
MOLNIYA 3-21 (NORAD 14313) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 May 2001, after 17 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14313
International designator
1983-090A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Aug 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 May 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
17 years, 8 months6,475 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.1°N to 62.1°SFinal inclination 62.1°
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 62.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.1°N and 62.1°S.
Life in orbit
17 years, 8 monthsMOLNIYA 3-21’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 May 2001
1 entryFrom the same launch
1983-090
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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