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Soviet Space ProgramMolniya 8K781/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Molniya-1 1b
Launched
August 22, 1964
Summary
Molniya-1 1b launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya 8K78 from 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on August 22, 1964. It was Soviet Space Program's 95th launch, 23rd this year and humanity's 351st orbital launch attempt. It was the 21st Molniya 8K78 flight and the 7th this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). The tracked orbit of Kosmos-41, one of 20 catalogued objects, from September 8, 1964, was 435 × 39,776 km inclined 64.9°. 20 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Molniya 8K78 · Soviet Space Program
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 21st Molniya 8K78 flight · 7th this yearSoviet Space Program's 95th launch23rd this yearhumanity's 351st orbital launch attempt58th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kosmos-41 · NORAD 869 · 1964-049 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- COSMOS 41
- Object ID
- 1964-049D
- Epoch
- 1964-09-08 17:36:31 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.01517541 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.742952
- Inclination
- 64.884°
- Ascending node
- 113.618°
- Arg. of perigee
- 325.8676°
- Mean anomaly
- 3.5481°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 36
- 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
20 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 15 debris, 2 components; none still in orbit
- Kosmos-41 · NORAD 869 · re-entered April 9, 2004
Molniya 8K78 (N21) Blok-I · re-entered September 15, 1964
Blok-L No. R103-36 · re-entered May 7, 2004
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
1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
66th launch from 1/5, 11th this year · 75th from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
487 launches from this pad · 1,565 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
42 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1 1b launch?
Molniya-1 1b launched on August 22, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1 1b?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1 1b?
Molniya 8K78, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya 8K78 spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1 1b launch from?
1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
What orbit did Molniya-1 1b reach?
The tracked orbit of Kosmos-41, one of 20 catalogued objects, from September 8, 1964, was 435 × 39,776 km inclined 64.9°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1 1b launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).