CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0027
MOLNIYA 1-77
MOLNIYA 1-77 (NORAD 20583) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 February 2005, after 14 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20583
International designator
1990-039A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Apr 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Feb 2005UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 24 Feb 2005
Time in orbit
14 years, 9 months5,419 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
UNKS
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 62.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.0°N and 62.0°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 9 monthsMOLNIYA 1-77’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1990-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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