flown missionFailure
Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 3a
Soviet Space Program31/6 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Molniya-1 3a
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Family
- R-7
- Variant
- 8K78
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 31/6
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 45.9960, 63.5640