Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-1T 93
Launched
February 18, 2004
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-1T 93 launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on February 18, 2004. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 41st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,644th orbital launch attempt. It was the 267th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-1T, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 631 × 40,608 km orbit inclined 62.8°. 6 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
- 267th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 1st this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 41st launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,644th orbital launch attempt5th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-1T · NORAD 28163 · 2004-005 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- COSMOS 2405
- Object ID
- 2004-005A
- Epoch
- 2004-02-18 08:20:32 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95788806 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7405752
- Inclination
- 62.8384°
- Ascending node
- 203.8337°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.1964°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.1395°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.0001
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
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 3 components; none still in orbit
- Molniya-1T · NORAD 28163 · re-entered April 16, 2016
Blok-ML · re-entered October 12, 2016
Molniya-M 92-690 Blok-I · re-entered April 11, 2004
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit
Pad
16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
122nd launch from 16/2, 1st this year · 1,535th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
136 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
243 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-1T 93 launch?
Molniya-1T 93 launched on February 18, 2004. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-1T 93?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-1T 93?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-1T 93 launch from?
16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-1T 93 reach?
Molniya-1T, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 631 × 40,608 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-1T 93 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).