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MOLNIYA 3-38

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
June 13, 1990 at 01:07 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Molniya-M 2BL →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-3 47L
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
1,551 km
Periapsis
79 km
Inclination
62.5°
Orbital period
101.19 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1990-052A
NORAD catalog №
20646
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
15.1356 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 26, 2006

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 26, 2006
Time in service
15.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed