Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 89
Launched
August 14, 1996
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 89 launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on August 14, 1996. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 24th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,090th orbital launch attempt. It was the 250th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1T, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 456 × 40,812 km orbit inclined 62.9°. 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
- 250th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 1st this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 24th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,090th orbital launch attempt49th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1T · NORAD 24273 · 1996-045 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-89
- Object ID
- 1996-045A
- Epoch
- 1996-08-14 23:35:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95630405 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7472114
- Inclination
- 62.869°
- Ascending node
- 248.7095°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.1581°
- Mean anomaly
- 10.5819°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.00001
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-1T · NORAD 24273 · re-entered April 7, 2012
Molniya-M 31-675 Blok-I · re-entered September 21, 1996
Blok-ML 16-491 · re-entered July 17, 2013
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
206th launch from 43/3 (43L), 1st this year · 1,479th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
371 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 89 launch?
Molniya-1T 89 launched on August 14, 1996. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 89?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 89?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 89 launch from?
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 89 reach?
Molniya-1T, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 456 × 40,812 km orbit inclined 62.9°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 89 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).