CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0509
MOLNIYA 1-61
MOLNIYA 1-61 (NORAD 15182) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 December 2002, after 18 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15182
International designator
1984-085A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
10 Aug 1984Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Dec 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 years, 4 months6,717 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.5°N to 62.5°SFinal inclination 62.5°
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 62.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.5°N and 62.5°S.
Life in orbit
18 years, 4 monthsMOLNIYA 1-61’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Dec 2002
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1984-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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