CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0382
MOLNIYA 3-35
MOLNIYA 3-35 (NORAD 20052) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 December 2001, after 12 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20052
International designator
1989-043A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
8 Jun 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Dec 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 6 months4,572 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
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 61.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.9°N and 61.9°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 6 monthsMOLNIYA 3-35’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Dec 2001
1 entryFrom the same launch
1989-043
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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