Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 85
Launched
January 13, 1993
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 85 launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on January 13, 1993. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 9th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,787th orbital launch attempt. It was the 235th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 618 × 40,627 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
- 235th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 1st this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 9th launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,787th orbital launch attempt2nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1 · NORAD 22309 · 1993-002 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-85
- Object ID
- 1993-002A
- Epoch
- 1993-01-13 03:03:22 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95755357 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7410838
- Inclination
- 62.8375°
- Ascending node
- 89.6206°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.1082°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.2322°
- 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 22309 · re-entered November 15, 2005
Molniya-M 12-643 Blok-I · re-entered March 4, 1993
Blok-ML · re-entered April 4, 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
244th launch from 43/4 (43R), 1st this year · 1,416th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
53 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 85 launch?
Molniya-1T 85 launched on January 13, 1993. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 85?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 85?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 85 launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 85 reach?
Molniya-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 618 × 40,627 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 85 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).