Soviet Space ProgramMolniya-M 2BL43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1K 50
Launched
June 24, 1981
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1K 50 launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on June 24, 1981. It was Soviet Space Program's 1,500th launch, 49th this year and humanity's 2,453rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 127th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 8th this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 638 × 40,633 km orbit inclined 62.8°. 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
- 127th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 8th this yearSoviet Space Program's 1,500th launch49th this yearhumanity's 2,453rd orbital launch attempt62nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 12556 · 1981-060 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-50
- Object ID
- 1981-060A
- Epoch
- 1981-06-24 19:01:28 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95608914 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7404571
- Inclination
- 62.7748°
- Ascending node
- 129.4863°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.0195°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.2914°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 9.999e-7
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 12556 · re-entered December 14, 1991
Molniya-M 38-607 Blok-I · re-entered August 5, 1981
Blok-L · re-entered March 27, 1992
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
133rd launch from 43/3 (43L), 9th this year · 816th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
4 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1K 50 launch?
Molniya-1K 50 launched on June 24, 1981. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1K 50?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1K 50?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1K 50 launch from?
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1K 50 reach?
Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 638 × 40,633 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1K 50 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).