CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0147
MOLNIYA 3-32
MOLNIYA 3-32 (NORAD 19189) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 March 2002, after 13 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19189
International designator
1988-044A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 May 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Mar 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 9 months5,041 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 9 monthsMOLNIYA 3-32’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Mar 2002
1 entryFrom the same launch
1988-044
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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