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Payload

MOLNIYA 3-37

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 3-37 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on January 23, 1990 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
January 23, 1990 at 02:51 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-3 53L

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
287 km
Periapsis
112 km
Inclination
61.6°
Orbital period
88.48 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1990-006A
NORAD catalog №
20444
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
11.5839 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 23, 2003

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 23, 2003
Time in service
13.4 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed