CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0456
MOLNIYA 3-52
MOLNIYA 3-52 (NORAD 26970) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 December 2011, after 10 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26970
International designator
2001-050A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Oct 2001Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Dec 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 1 month3,694 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.8°N to 63.8°SFinal inclination 63.8°
Mass
1,780 kg
Operator
KVR / RSCC
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 63.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.8°N and 63.8°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 1 monthMOLNIYA 3-52’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Dec 2011
1 entryFrom the same launch
2001-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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