Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 3-39

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 3-39 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on September 20, 1990 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 20, 1990 at 08:16 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-3 54L

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
529 km
Periapsis
67 km
Inclination
62.35°
Orbital period
90.48 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1990-084A
NORAD catalog №
20813
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
2 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 8, 2009

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 8, 2009
Time in service
18.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed