Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 1-31

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 1-31 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on September 2, 1975 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 2, 1975 at 01:09 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-1 31

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
1,868 km
Periapsis
107 km
Inclination
63.68°
Orbital period
104.85 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1975-079A
NORAD catalog №
8187
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
20.8284 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 19, 1985

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 19, 1985
Time in service
10.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed