CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0659
MOLNIYA 3-43
MOLNIYA 3-43 (NORAD 22255) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 November 2008, after 15 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22255
International designator
1992-085A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
2 Dec 1992Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Nov 2008UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 11 months5,820 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.1°N to 63.1°SFinal inclination 63.1°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
VKS / GPKS
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-3
Programme
Molniya-3
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 63.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.1°N and 63.1°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 11 monthsMOLNIYA 3-43’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Nov 2008
1 entryFrom the same launch
1992-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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