CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0059
MOLNIYA 3-33
MOLNIYA 3-33 (NORAD 19541) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 February 2002, after 13 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19541
International designator
1988-090A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
29 Sep 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Feb 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 4 months4,876 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
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 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 4 monthsMOLNIYA 3-33’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Feb 2002
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-090
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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