CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0143
MOLNIYA 1-79
MOLNIYA 1-79 (NORAD 20949) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 August 2005, after 14 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20949
International designator
1990-101A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
23 Nov 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Aug 2005UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 27 Aug 2005
Time in orbit
14 years, 9 months5,394 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
Mass
1,670 kg
Operator
UNKS
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-1T
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 9 monthsMOLNIYA 1-79’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Aug 2005
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-101
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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