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Payload

MOLNIYA 1-30

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 1-30 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on June 5, 1975 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
June 5, 1975 at 01:37 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-1K 30

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
1,089 km
Periapsis
73 km
Inclination
63.21°
Orbital period
96.29 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,650 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1975-049A
NORAD catalog №
7903
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
24.9658 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 25, 1987

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 25, 1987
Time in service
12.3 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed