CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0040
MOLNIYA 3-46
MOLNIYA 3-46 (NORAD 23211) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 February 2009, after 14 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23211
International designator
1994-051A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
23 Aug 1994Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Feb 2009UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years, 5 months5,285 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
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 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 5 monthsMOLNIYA 3-46’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Feb 2009
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1994-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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