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Entry no.
2013-0199
MOLNIYA 3-53
MOLNIYA 3-53 (NORAD 27834) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 June 2013, after 9 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27834
International designator
2003-029A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
19 Jun 2003Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jun 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 11 months3,649 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
9 years, 11 monthsMOLNIYA 3-53’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2003-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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