Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 83
Launched
March 4, 1992
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 83 launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on March 4, 1992. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 2nd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 3,700th orbital launch attempt. It was the 233rd Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 611 × 39,000 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 · Progress Rocket Space Center
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 233rd Molniya-M 2BL flight · 2nd this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 2nd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 3,700th orbital launch attempt12th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 21897 · 1992-011 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-83
- Object ID
- 1992-011A
- Epoch
- 1992-03-04 05:41:14 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.0498905 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7332574
- Inclination
- 62.8025°
- Ascending node
- 178.8358°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.2943°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.5966°
- 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 21897 · re-entered July 1, 2007
Molniya-M 47-567 Blok-I · re-entered March 28, 1992
Blok-ML 19-484 · re-entered September 26, 2006
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
239th launch from 43/4 (43R), 2nd this year · 1,385th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
42 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 83 launch?
Molniya-1T 83 launched on March 4, 1992. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 83?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 83?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 83 launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 83 reach?
Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 611 × 39,000 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 83 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).