Soviet Space ProgramMolniya-M 2BL43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1 18
Launched
July 28, 1971
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1 18 launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on July 28, 1971. It was Soviet Space Program's 589th launch, 48th this year and humanity's 1,243rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 28th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). The tracked orbit of Molniya-1, one of 6 catalogued objects, from August 1, 1971, was 470 × 39,265 km inclined 65.4°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Molniya-M 2BL · Soviet Space Program
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 28th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 1st this yearSoviet Space Program's 589th launch48th this yearhumanity's 1,243rd orbital launch attempt72nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 5367 · 1971-064 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-18
- Object ID
- 1971-064A
- Epoch
- 1971-08-01 14:31:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.04265308 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.739262
- Inclination
- 65.3742°
- Ascending node
- 334.919°
- Arg. of perigee
- 285.0554°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.9845°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 21
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Elliptical. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 3 components; none still in orbit
- Molniya-1 · NORAD 5367 · re-entered July 19, 1977
Molniya-M No. 096 Blok-I · re-entered August 29, 1971
Blok-L · re-entered August 14, 1977
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
22nd launch from 43/4 (43R), 9th this year · 190th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
12 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1 18 launch?
Molniya-1 18 launched on July 28, 1971. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1 18?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1 18?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1 18 launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1 18 reach?
The tracked orbit of Molniya-1, one of 6 catalogued objects, from August 1, 1971, was 470 × 39,265 km inclined 65.4°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1 18 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).