Soviet Space ProgramMolniya-M 2BL1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Molniya-1K 60L
Launched
December 8, 1982
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1K 60L launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL from 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on December 8, 1982. The mission failed. It was Soviet Space Program's 1,653rd launch, 102nd this year and humanity's 2,639th orbital launch attempt. It was the 144th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 11th this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). 33 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
- 144th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 11th this yearSoviet Space Program's 1,653rd launch102nd this yearhumanity's 2,639th orbital launch attempt122nd orbital launch attempt this year
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Catalogued objects
33 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 28 debris, 2 components; none still in orbit
- Kosmos-1423 · NORAD 13685 · re-entered January 18, 1986
Molniya-M 24-656 Blok-I · re-entered December 27, 1982
Blok-ML 14-461 · re-entered May 16, 1988
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit
Pad
1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
196th launch from 1/5, 9th this year · 657th from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
487 launches from this pad · 1,565 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
38 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanOpen in maps
Questions
When did Molniya-1K 60L launch?
Molniya-1K 60L launched on December 8, 1982. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1K 60L?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1K 60L?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1K 60L launch from?
1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
What orbit was Molniya-1K 60L going to?
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did Molniya-1K 60L launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).