Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-3 57L
Launched
April 21, 1993
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-3 57L launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on April 21, 1993. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 12th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 3,810th orbital launch attempt. It was the 238th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 622 × 40,625 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
- 238th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 4th this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 12th launch4th this yearhumanity's 3,810th orbital launch attempt25th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-3 · NORAD 22633 · 1993-025 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 3-44
- Object ID
- 1993-025A
- Epoch
- 1993-04-21 01:37:21 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95745205 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7409507
- Inclination
- 62.8396°
- Ascending node
- 164.7018°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.2804°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.2587°
- 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; none still in orbit
- Molniya-3 · NORAD 22633 · re-entered January 25, 2004
Molniya-M 32-646 Blok-I · re-entered May 30, 1993
Blok-ML 12-542 · re-entered November 15, 2004
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit
Pad
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
246th launch from 43/4 (43R), 3rd this year · 1,425th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
14 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-3 57L launch?
Molniya-3 57L launched on April 21, 1993. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-3 57L?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-3 57L?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-3 57L launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-3 57L reach?
Molniya-3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 622 × 40,625 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-3 57L launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).