Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 1-78

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 1-78 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on August 10, 1990 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
August 10, 1990 at 08:18 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-1T 78

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
421 km
Periapsis
85 km
Inclination
61.35°
Orbital period
89.56 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1990-071A
NORAD catalog №
20742
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
17.496 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 6, 2007

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 6, 2007
Time in service
16.9 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed