Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
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.
Details
Type
Communications
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Location
Unknown
Date
Sat, Oct 14, 1972, 06:16
Weather
Pro