CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0127
MOLNIYA 1-89
MOLNIYA 1-89 (NORAD 24273) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 April 2012, after 15 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24273
International designator
1996-045A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
14 Aug 1996Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Apr 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 7 months5,715 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.5°N to 62.5°SFinal inclination 62.5°
Mass
1,670 kg
Operator
VKS
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-1T
Programme
Molniya-1T
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 62.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.5°N and 62.5°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 7 monthsMOLNIYA 1-89’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Apr 2012
1 entryFrom the same launch
1996-045
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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