Soviet Space ProgramMolniya-M 2BL43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 74
Launched
December 28, 1988
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 74 launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on December 28, 1988. It was Soviet Space Program's 2,240th launch, 93rd this year and humanity's 3,373rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 211th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 11th this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 632 × 38,879 km orbit inclined 62.8°. 6 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
- 211th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 11th this yearSoviet Space Program's 2,240th launch93rd this yearhumanity's 3,373rd orbital launch attempt120th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 19730 · 1988-115 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-74
- Object ID
- 1988-115A
- Epoch
- 1988-12-28 06:42:45 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.0557894 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.731956
- Inclination
- 62.8257°
- Ascending node
- 128.7863°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.1595°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.724°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.3089
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
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 3 components; none still in orbit
- Molniya-1 · NORAD 19730 · re-entered July 31, 1998
Molniya-M 39-559 Blok-I · re-entered January 21, 1989
Blok-ML No. 182 · re-entered April 2, 2001
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
157th launch from 43/3 (43L), 3rd this year · 1,247th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
5 days 15 hours after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 74 launch?
Molniya-1T 74 launched on December 28, 1988. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 74?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 74?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 74 launch from?
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 74 reach?
Molniya-1, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 632 × 38,879 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 74 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).