CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0010
MOLNIYA 3-19
MOLNIYA 3-19 (NORAD 13432) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 January 2002, after 19 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13432
International designator
1982-083A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Aug 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jan 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 years, 4 months7,079 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.3°N to 62.3°SFinal inclination 62.3°
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 62.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.3°N and 62.3°S.
Life in orbit
19 years, 4 monthsMOLNIYA 3-19’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Jan 2002
1 entryFrom the same launch
1982-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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