Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 3-32

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 3-32 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on May 26, 1988 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
May 26, 1988 at 03:27 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-3 49L

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
435 km
Periapsis
67 km
Inclination
62.38°
Orbital period
89.52 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1988-044A
NORAD catalog №
19189
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
18.4147 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 15, 2002

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 15, 2002
Time in service
13.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed