CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0011
MOLNIYA 1-70
MOLNIYA 1-70 (NORAD 17264) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 February 2006, after 19 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
17264
International designator
1986-103A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Dec 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Feb 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 years, 1 month6,977 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
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 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.
Life in orbit
19 years, 1 monthMOLNIYA 1-70’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1986-103
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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