Soviet Space ProgramMolniya-M 2BL43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 76
Launched
September 27, 1989
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 76 launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on September 27, 1989. It was Soviet Space Program's 2,299th launch, 58th this year and humanity's 3,453rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 215th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 625 × 38,968 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
- Communications · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 215th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 4th this yearSoviet Space Program's 2,299th launch58th this yearhumanity's 3,453rd orbital launch attempt79th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 20255 · 1989-078 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-76
- Object ID
- 1989-078A
- Epoch
- 1989-09-27 15:52:20 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.05099624 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7326611
- Inclination
- 62.8006°
- Ascending node
- 175.7802°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.169°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.7144°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
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 20255 · re-entered November 11, 2000
Molniya-M 39-556 Blok-I · re-entered October 26, 1989
Blok-ML No. 181 · re-entered October 6, 2003
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit
Pad
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
217th launch from 43/4 (43R), 4th this year · 1,285th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
43 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 76 launch?
Molniya-1T 76 launched on September 27, 1989. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 76?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 76?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 76 launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 76 reach?
Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 625 × 38,968 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 76 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).