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Entry no.
2016-0091
MOLNIYA 1-93
MOLNIYA 1-93 (NORAD 28163) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 April 2016, after 12 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28163
International designator
2004-005A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
18 Feb 2004Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Apr 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 1 month4,441 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.9°N to 62.9°SFinal inclination 62.9°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
KVR
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 62.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.9°N and 62.9°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 1 monthMOLNIYA 1-93’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2004-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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