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Entry no.
2007-0079

MOLNIYA 3-34

MOLNIYA 3-34 (NORAD 19713) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 May 2007, after 18 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
19713
International designator
1988-112A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Dec 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 May 2007UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 years, 5 months6,730 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
UNKS / MSvyaz
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-3
Programme
Molniya-3

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact 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

18 years, 5 months

MOLNIYA 3-34’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1988-112
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