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Entry no.
2013-0457
MOLNIYA 3-45
MOLNIYA 3-45 (NORAD 22729) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 December 2013, after 20 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22729
International designator
1993-049A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
4 Aug 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Dec 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
20 years, 4 months7,454 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.1°N to 62.1°SFinal inclination 62.1°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
VKS / 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 62.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.1°N and 62.1°S.
Life in orbit
20 years, 4 monthsMOLNIYA 3-45’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1993-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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