Soviet Space Program

Molniya-1 3

Molniya 8K78

SUCCESS
Success

Monday, April 25, 1966 · 07:10 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Molniya 8K78

Variant: 8K78

Launch Pad

31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

45.996° N, 63.564° E

48

Pad Launches

142

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181

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39

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