CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0026
MOLNIYA 3-49
MOLNIYA 3-49 (NORAD 25379) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 February 2011, after 12 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25379
International designator
1998-040A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
1 Jul 1998Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Feb 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 7 months4,599 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 RVSN / 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
12 years, 7 monthsMOLNIYA 3-49’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Feb 2011
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-040
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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