Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-3 62L
Launched
October 24, 1996
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-3 62L launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on October 24, 1996. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 26th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,105th orbital launch attempt. It was the 252nd Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 616 × 40,661 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
- 252nd Molniya-M 2BL flight · 3rd this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 26th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,105th orbital launch attempt64th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-3 · NORAD 24640 · 1996-060 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 3-48
- Object ID
- 1996-060A
- Epoch
- 1996-10-24 12:51:21 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95579831 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7413078
- Inclination
- 62.839°
- Ascending node
- 157.3247°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.3296°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.2372°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 3.299
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 24640 · re-entered October 18, 2007
Molniya-M 12-645 Blok-I · re-entered January 11, 1997
Blok-2BL 12-697 · re-entered February 18, 2008
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
253rd launch from 43/4 (43R), 2nd this year · 1,482nd from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
223 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-3 62L launch?
Molniya-3 62L launched on October 24, 1996. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-3 62L?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-3 62L?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-3 62L launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-3 62L reach?
Molniya-3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 616 × 40,661 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-3 62L launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).