Progress Rocket Space CenterMolniya-M 2BL43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Molniya-3 64L
Launched
October 25, 2001
Image: Jonathan Space Report
Summary
Molniya-3 64L launched on a Progress Rocket Space Center Molniya-M 2BL from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on October 25, 2001. It was Progress Rocket Space Center's 36th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,503rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 262nd Molniya-M 2BL flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). Molniya-3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 620 × 40,669 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
- 262nd Molniya-M 2BL flight · 2nd this yearProgress Rocket Space Center's 36th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,503rd orbital launch attempt51st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Molniya-3 · NORAD 26970 · 2001-050 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MOLNIYA 3-52
- Object ID
- 2001-050A
- Epoch
- 2001-10-25 12:48:36 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.95513625 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.741207
- Inclination
- 62.8363°
- Ascending node
- 157.3457°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.187°
- Mean anomaly
- 9.2658°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.0001
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 26970 · re-entered December 6, 2011
Molniya-M 13-687 Blok-I · re-entered November 27, 2001
Blok-ML 23-549 · re-entered April 23, 2012
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
216th launch from 43/3 (43L), 1st this year · 1,516th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
about 2 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Molniya-3 64L launch?
Molniya-3 64L launched on October 25, 2001. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Molniya-3 64L?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Molniya-3 64L?
Molniya-M 2BL, flown by Progress Rocket Space Center. Molniya-M 2BL spec sheet
Where did Molniya-3 64L launch from?
43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Molniya-3 64L reach?
Molniya-3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 620 × 40,669 km orbit inclined 62.8°.
How many satellites did Molniya-3 64L launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).