Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 3-44

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 3-44 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on April 21, 1993 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
April 21, 1993 at 12:23 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Progress Rocket Space Center
Mission
Molniya-3 57L

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
636 km
Periapsis
89 km
Inclination
63.44°
Orbital period
91.79 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1993-025A
NORAD catalog №
22633
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
9.8529 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 25, 2004

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 25, 2004
Time in service
10.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed