Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Soviet Space Program
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
Russia
Date
Tue, 29 Sep 1970 08:14:01 GMT
Orbital launch #
#1132 ever
Mission
The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.