CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0263
MOLNIYA 3-51
MOLNIYA 3-51 (NORAD 26867) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 December 2016, after 15 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26867
International designator
2001-030A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
20 Jul 2001Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Dec 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 4 months5,631 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
Mass
1,780 kg
Operator
KVR / RSCC
Built by
NPO PM
Bus
Molniya-3
Programme
Molniya-3K
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 4 monthsMOLNIYA 3-51’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2001-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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