Soviet Space ProgramMolniya-M 2BL43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1K 44
Launched
July 31, 1979
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1K 44 launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on July 31, 1979. It was Soviet Space Program's 1,332nd launch, 59th this year and humanity's 2,245th orbital launch attempt. It was the 105th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). The tracked orbit of Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, from August 7, 1979, was 434 × 39,939 km inclined 62.9°. 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
- Government/Top Secret · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 105th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 5th this yearSoviet Space Program's 1,332nd launch59th this yearhumanity's 2,245th orbital launch attempt72nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 11474 · 1979-070 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-44
- Object ID
- 1979-070A
- Epoch
- 1979-08-07 07:33:58 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.00591612 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7437566
- Inclination
- 62.8539°
- Ascending node
- 315.8863°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.1189°
- Mean anomaly
- 10.9628°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 15
- 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 11474 · re-entered October 23, 2017
Molniya-M 55-534 Blok-I · re-entered August 20, 1979
Blok-L · re-entered February 2, 2002
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit
Pad
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
99th launch from 43/3 (43L), 10th this year · 697th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
5 days 12 hours after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1K 44 launch?
Molniya-1K 44 launched on July 31, 1979. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1K 44?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1K 44?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1K 44 launch from?
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1K 44 reach?
The tracked orbit of Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, from August 7, 1979, was 434 × 39,939 km inclined 62.9°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1K 44 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).