CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0179
MOLNIYA 3-3
MOLNIYA 3-3 (NORAD 8425) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 November 2017, after 42 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8425
International designator
1975-105A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Nov 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Nov 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
42 years15,346 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.1°N to 61.1°SFinal inclination 61.1°
Mass
1,750 kg
Operator
OKB-10 / MSvyaz
Built by
OKB-10
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 61.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.1°N and 61.1°S.
Life in orbit
42 yearsMOLNIYA 3-3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1975-105
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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