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Payload

MOLNIYA 3-25

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 3-25 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on July 17, 1985 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
July 17, 1985 at 01:05 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-3 37L

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
708 km
Periapsis
77 km
Inclination
62.18°
Orbital period
92.4 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1985-061A
NORAD catalog №
15909
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
12.824 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 21, 2002

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 21, 2002
Time in service
17.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed