Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 1-82

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 1-82 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on August 1, 1991 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
August 1, 1991 at 11:53 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-1T 82

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
879 km
Periapsis
77 km
Inclination
61.7°
Orbital period
94.16 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1991-053A
NORAD catalog №
21630
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
20.3744 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 9, 2004

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 9, 2004
Time in service
13.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed