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Entry no.
2007-0100
MOLNIYA 1-83
MOLNIYA 1-83 (NORAD 21897) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 July 2007, after 15 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21897
International designator
1992-011A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
4 Mar 1992Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jul 2007UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 3 months5,597 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°
Mass
1,670 kg
Operator
VVS
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 62.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.0°N and 62.0°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 3 monthsMOLNIYA 1-83’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1992-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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