Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 87
Launched
December 22, 1993
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 87 launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on December 22, 1993. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 16th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 3,868th orbital launch attempt. It was the 242nd Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 8th this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1T, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 445 × 39,198 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
- 242nd Molniya-M 2BL flight · 8th this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 16th launch8th this yearhumanity's 3,868th orbital launch attempt83rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1T · NORAD 22949 · 1993-079 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-87
- Object ID
- 1993-079A
- Epoch
- 1993-12-22 21:50:58 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.04805508 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7397689
- Inclination
- 62.8189°
- Ascending node
- 350.7198°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.2501°
- Mean anomaly
- 10.7918°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0.000099999
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; 2 still in orbit
- Molniya-1T · NORAD 22949 · in orbit
Molniya-M 24-658 Blok-I · re-entered January 10, 1994
Blok-ML · in orbit
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
198th launch from 43/3 (43L), 5th this year · 1,440th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
140 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 87 launch?
Molniya-1T 87 launched on December 22, 1993. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 87?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 87?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 87 launch from?
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 87 reach?
Molniya-1T, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 445 × 39,198 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 87 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).