Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya 8K78M-PVB43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-3 50L
Launched
October 14, 1992
Summary
Molniya-3 50L launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya 8K78M-PVB from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on October 14, 1992. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 5th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 3,757th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Molniya 8K78M-PVB flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-3, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 457 × 40,839 km orbit inclined 62.8°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Molniya 8K78M-PVB · Progress Rocket Space Center
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 5th Molniya 8K78M-PVB flight · 2nd this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 5th launch5th this yearhumanity's 3,757th orbital launch attempt69th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-3 · NORAD 22178 · 1992-067 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 3-42
- Object ID
- 1992-067A
- Epoch
- 1992-10-14 21:12:04 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95481726 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7473024
- Inclination
- 62.8239°
- Ascending node
- 272.9592°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.2407°
- Mean anomaly
- 10.4511°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- 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
5 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 2 components; 2 still in orbit
- Molniya-3 · NORAD 22178 · in orbit
Molniya-M 12-641 Blok-I · re-entered October 28, 1992
Blok-ML 53-541 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit
Pad
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
190th launch from 43/3 (43L), 6th this year · 1,403rd from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
69 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-3 50L launch?
Molniya-3 50L launched on October 14, 1992. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-3 50L?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-3 50L?
Molniya 8K78M-PVB, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya 8K78M-PVB spec sheet
Where did Molniya-3 50L launch from?
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-3 50L reach?
Molniya-3, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 457 × 40,839 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-3 50L launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).