Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 88
Launched
December 14, 1994
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 88 launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on December 14, 1994. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 19th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 3,953rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 245th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1T, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 427 × 39,173 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
- 245th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 3rd this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 19th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 3,953rd orbital launch attempt85th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1T · NORAD 23420 · 1994-081 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-88
- Object ID
- 1994-081A
- Epoch
- 1994-12-15 14:59:29 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.05060789 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7402592
- Inclination
- 62.7981°
- Ascending node
- 248.0775°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.165°
- Mean anomaly
- 11.1483°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- -0.0088099
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; 1 still in orbit
- Molniya-1T · NORAD 23420 · in orbit
Molniya-M 31-672 Blok-I · re-entered January 14, 1995
Blok-ML · re-entered October 17, 2012
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
249th launch from 43/4 (43R), 2nd this year · 1,457th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
112 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 88 launch?
Molniya-1T 88 launched on December 14, 1994. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 88?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 88?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 88 launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 88 reach?
Molniya-1T, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 427 × 39,173 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 88 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).