Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-3 58L
Launched
August 4, 1993
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-3 58L launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on August 4, 1993. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 14th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 3,836th orbital launch attempt. It was the 240th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 6th this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 418 × 39,182 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
- 240th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 6th this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 14th launch6th this yearhumanity's 3,836th orbital launch attempt51st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-3 · NORAD 22729 · 1993-049 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 3-45
- Object ID
- 1993-049A
- Epoch
- 1993-08-04 02:06:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.05057776 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7405934
- Inclination
- 62.7827°
- Ascending node
- 275.3099°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.3145°
- Mean anomaly
- 11.0842°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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 22729 · re-entered December 31, 2013
Molniya-M 24-659 Blok-I · re-entered August 30, 1993
Blok-ML 24-543 · re-entered January 15, 2013
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
197th launch from 43/3 (43L), 4th this year · 1,434th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
12 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-3 58L launch?
Molniya-3 58L launched on August 4, 1993. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-3 58L?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-3 58L?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-3 58L launch from?
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-3 58L reach?
Molniya-3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 418 × 39,182 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-3 58L launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).