Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 1-89

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 1-89 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on August 14, 1996 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
August 14, 1996 at 10:20 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Progress Rocket Space Center
Mission
Molniya-1T 89

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
373 km
Periapsis
70 km
Inclination
62.5°
Orbital period
88.93 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,670 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1996-045A
NORAD catalog №
24273
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
13.2325 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
April 7, 2012

End of mission

Last active / ended
April 7, 2012
Time in service
15.6 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed