CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0346
MOLNIYA 1-42
MOLNIYA 1-42 (NORAD 11007) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 August 2015, after 36 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11007
International designator
1978-080A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Aug 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Aug 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
36 years, 11 months13,503 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.3°N to 62.3°SFinal inclination 62.3°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-1
Programme
Molniya-1K
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 62.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.3°N and 62.3°S.
Life in orbit
36 years, 11 monthsMOLNIYA 1-42’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Aug 2015
1 entryFrom the same launch
1978-080
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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