Soviet Space ProgramMolniya-M 2BL1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Molniya-1T 71
Launched
March 11, 1988
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 71 launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL from 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on March 11, 1988. It was Soviet Space Program's 2,161st launch, 14th this year and humanity's 3,271st orbital launch attempt. It was the 202nd Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). The tracked orbit of Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, from March 13, 1988, was 461 × 38,985 km inclined 63.0°. 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
- 202nd Molniya-M 2BL flight · 2nd this yearSoviet Space Program's 2,161st launch14th this yearhumanity's 3,271st orbital launch attempt18th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 18946 · 1988-017 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-71
- Object ID
- 1988-017A
- Epoch
- 1988-03-13 18:19:19 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.05964131 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7381835
- Inclination
- 62.9904°
- Ascending node
- 301.2638°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.2123°
- Mean anomaly
- 11.2017°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- B*
- 0.0060062
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; 2 still in orbit
- Molniya-1 · NORAD 18946 · in orbit
Molniya-1 56-678 Blok-I · re-entered April 7, 1988
Blok-ML No. 167 · in orbit
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
251st launch from 1/5, 3rd this year · 854th from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
487 launches from this pad · 1,565 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
20 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanOpen in maps
Questions
When did Molniya-1T 71 launch?
Molniya-1T 71 launched on March 11, 1988. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 71?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 71?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 71 launch from?
1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 71 reach?
The tracked orbit of Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, from March 13, 1988, was 461 × 38,985 km inclined 63.0°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 71 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).