Soviet Space ProgramMolniya-M 2BL43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1 19
Launched
December 19, 1971
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1 19 launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on December 19, 1971. It was Soviet Space Program's 628th launch, 87th this year and humanity's 1,301st orbital launch attempt. It was the 30th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). The tracked orbit of Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, from January 12, 1972, was 436 × 39,934 km inclined 65.4°. 4 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
- 30th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 3rd this yearSoviet Space Program's 628th launch87th this yearhumanity's 1,301st orbital launch attempt130th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 5712 · 1971-115 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-19
- Object ID
- 1971-115A
- Epoch
- 1972-01-12 03:09:33 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.00612089 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7436709
- Inclination
- 65.4128°
- Ascending node
- 45.4367°
- Arg. of perigee
- 284.5379°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.8397°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 48
- 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
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 1 component; none still in orbit
- Molniya-1 · NORAD 5712 · re-entered April 13, 1977
Molniya-M 5711-497 Blok-I · re-entered January 26, 1972
Blok-L · re-entered September 22, 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
25th launch from 43/4 (43R), 12th this year · 216th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
16 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1 19 launch?
Molniya-1 19 launched on December 19, 1971. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1 19?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1 19?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1 19 launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1 19 reach?
The tracked orbit of Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, from January 12, 1972, was 436 × 39,934 km inclined 65.4°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1 19 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).