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Payload

MOLNIYA 1-57

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 1-57 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on April 2, 1983 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
April 2, 1983 at 02:02 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-1T 57

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
591 km
Periapsis
81 km
Inclination
62.62°
Orbital period
91.25 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1983-025A
NORAD catalog №
13964
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
15.7077 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 26, 2000

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 26, 2000
Time in service
16.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed