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Payload

MOLNIYA 3-21

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 3-21 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on August 30, 1983 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
August 30, 1983 at 10:49 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-3 32L

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
656 km
Periapsis
76 km
Inclination
62.1°
Orbital period
91.86 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,750 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1983-090A
NORAD catalog №
14313
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
15.2109 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 22, 2001

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 22, 2001
Time in service
17.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed