CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0394
MOLNIYA 3-25
MOLNIYA 3-25 (NORAD 15909) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 September 2002, after 17 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15909
International designator
1985-061A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Jul 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Sep 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
17 years, 2 months6,275 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
GUKOS / 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
17 years, 2 monthsMOLNIYA 3-25’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Sep 2002
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1985-061
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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