Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-3 63L
Launched
July 8, 1999
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-3 63L launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on July 8, 1999. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 33rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,327th orbital launch attempt. It was the 259th Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 467 × 40,787 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
- 259th Molniya-M 2BL flight · 1st this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 33rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,327th orbital launch attempt38th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-3 · NORAD 25847 · 1999-036 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 3-50
- Object ID
- 1999-036A
- Epoch
- 1999-07-08 09:59:16 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95702283 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7467095
- Inclination
- 62.8398°
- Ascending node
- 7.0811°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.2429°
- Mean anomaly
- 10.53°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- -0.073235
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; 2 still in orbit
- Molniya-3 · NORAD 25847 · in orbit
Molniya-M 51-677 Blok-I · re-entered July 24, 1999
Blok-ML 47-547 · 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
214th launch from 43/3 (43L), 1st this year · 1,501st from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
282 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-3 63L launch?
Molniya-3 63L launched on July 8, 1999. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-3 63L?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-3 63L?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-3 63L launch from?
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-3 63L reach?
Molniya-3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 467 × 40,787 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-3 63L launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).