Mission record

Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 1b

Molniya 8K78· 1/5· Success
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
Kazakhstan
Date
Sat, 22 Aug 1964 07:21:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#351 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.

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