Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 1-65

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 1-65 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on October 23, 1985 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
October 23, 1985 at 12:42 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-1T 65

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
495 km
Periapsis
61 km
Inclination
61.68°
Orbital period
90.07 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1985-099A
NORAD catalog №
16187
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
15.8706 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 13, 1999

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 13, 1999
Time in service
13.3 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed