CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0173
MOLNIYA 2-13
MOLNIYA 2-13 (NORAD 8015) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 September 2018 over the Southern Ocean, after 43 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8015
International designator
1975-063A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
8 Jul 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Sep 2018Recorded time 08:49 UTC
Time in orbit
43 years, 2 months15,772 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.8°N to 61.8°SFinal inclination 61.8°
Mass
1,650 kg
Operator
GUKOS RVSN
Built by
OKB-10
Bus
Molniya-2
Programme
Molniya-2
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 61.9°S, 178.4°E at 08:49 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 61.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.8°N and 61.8°S.
Life in orbit
43 years, 2 monthsMOLNIYA 2-13’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1975-063
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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