Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 90
Launched
September 24, 1997
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 90 launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on September 24, 1997. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 29th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,174th orbital launch attempt. It was the 255th 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 451 × 40,811 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
- 255th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 3rd this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 29th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,174th orbital launch attempt56th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1T · NORAD 24960 · 1997-054 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 1-90
- Object ID
- 1997-054A
- Epoch
- 1997-09-24 22:45:10 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95662054 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7473501
- Inclination
- 62.8499°
- Ascending node
- 276.3526°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.1799°
- Mean anomaly
- 10.4956°
- 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; 1 still in orbit
- Molniya-1T · NORAD 24960 · in orbit
Molniya-M 51-678 Blok-I · re-entered October 14, 1997
Blok-ML 16-492 · re-entered September 30, 2016
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
208th launch from 43/3 (43L), 1st this year · 1,490th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
391 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 90 launch?
Molniya-1T 90 launched on September 24, 1997. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 90?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 90?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 90 launch from?
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 90 reach?
Molniya-1T, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 451 × 40,811 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 90 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).