CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0181
MOLNIYA 3-39
MOLNIYA 3-39 (NORAD 20813) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 July 2009, after 18 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20813
International designator
1990-084A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Sep 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jul 2009UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 years, 9 months6,866 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
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 allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
18 years, 9 monthsMOLNIYA 3-39’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Jul 2009
1 entryFrom the same launch
1990-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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