CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0342
MOLNIYA 1-66
MOLNIYA 1-66 (NORAD 16220) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 August 2002, after 16 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16220
International designator
1985-103A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Oct 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Aug 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 9 months6,122 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.1°N to 62.1°SFinal inclination 62.1°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1T
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
16 years, 9 monthsMOLNIYA 1-66’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Aug 2002
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-103
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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