Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 3-38

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 3-38 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on June 13, 1990 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
June 13, 1990 at 01:07 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-3 47L

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
1,551 km
Periapsis
79 km
Inclination
62.5°
Orbital period
101.19 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1990-052A
NORAD catalog №
20646
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
15.1356 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 26, 2006

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 26, 2006
Time in service
15.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed