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Payload

MOLNIYA 3-36

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 3-36 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on November 28, 1989 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 28, 1989 at 10:02 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-3 46L

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
762 km
Periapsis
77 km
Inclination
63.37°
Orbital period
92.96 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,750 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1989-094A
NORAD catalog №
20338
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
23.3655 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 20, 2000

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 20, 2000
Time in service
10.5 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed