Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 1-83

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 1-83 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on March 4, 1992 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
March 4, 1992 at 04:27 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Progress Rocket Space Center
Mission
Molniya-1T 83

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
675 km
Periapsis
72 km
Inclination
62.09°
Orbital period
92.02 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1992-011A
NORAD catalog №
21897
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
3.981 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 1, 2007

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 1, 2007
Time in service
15.3 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed