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Payload

MOLNIYA 3-52

DecayedPayloadLEO

MOLNIYA 3-52 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on October 25, 2001 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
October 25, 2001 at 11:34 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Progress Rocket Space Center
Mission
Molniya-3 64L

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
316 km
Periapsis
67 km
Inclination
63.8°
Orbital period
88.33 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,780 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2001-050A
NORAD catalog №
26970
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
8.0511 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 6, 2011

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 6, 2011
Time in service
10.1 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed