Soviet Space ProgramMolniya-M 2BL41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 73
Launched
August 12, 1988
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 73 launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL from 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on August 12, 1988. It was Soviet Space Program's 2,207th launch, 60th this year and humanity's 3,326th orbital launch attempt. It was the 205th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 590 × 40,764 km orbit inclined 62.9°. 7 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
- 205th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 5th this yearSoviet Space Program's 2,207th launch60th this yearhumanity's 3,326th orbital launch attempt73rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 19377 · 1988-069 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-73
- Object ID
- 1988-069A
- Epoch
- 1988-08-12 14:07:08 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95160891 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7426303
- Inclination
- 62.8546°
- Ascending node
- 104.2558°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.4699°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.1045°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.000099999
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
7 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 4 components; none still in orbit
- Molniya-1 · NORAD 19377 · re-entered December 16, 1999
Molniya-M 35-532 Blok-I · re-entered September 20, 1988
Blok-ML No. 179 · re-entered May 10, 1998
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit
Pad
41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
298th launch from 41/1, 6th this year · 1,229th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
310 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
50 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 73 launch?
Molniya-1T 73 launched on August 12, 1988. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 73?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 73?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 73 launch from?
41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 73 reach?
Molniya-1, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 590 × 40,764 km orbit inclined 62.9°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 73 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).