Soviet Space ProgramMolniya-M 2BL43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 77
Launched
April 26, 1990
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 77 launched on a Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on April 26, 1990. It was Soviet Space Program's 2,339th launch, 23rd this year and humanity's 3,517th orbital launch attempt. It was the 220th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 615 × 40,636 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
- 220th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 3rd this yearSoviet Space Program's 2,339th launch23rd this yearhumanity's 3,517th orbital launch attempt41st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 20583 · 1990-039 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-77
- Object ID
- 1990-039A
- Epoch
- 1990-04-26 02:51:26 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95725543 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7412319
- Inclination
- 62.8086°
- Ascending node
- 188.1635°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.1137°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.2855°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- 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 20583 · re-entered February 24, 2005
Molniya-M 15-525 Blok-I · re-entered May 26, 1990
Blok-ML No. 177 · re-entered May 31, 2002
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
223rd launch from 43/4 (43R), 5th this year · 1,311th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
8 days 17 hours after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 77 launch?
Molniya-1T 77 launched on April 26, 1990. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 77?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 77?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Soviet Space Program. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 77 launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 77 reach?
Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 615 × 40,636 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 77 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).