MOLNIYA 1-71
1988-03-11
Satellite information MOLNIYA 1-71 - Molniya-1
| Spacetrack Directory Name | MOLNIYA 1-71 |
| Alternative name | Molniya-1 |
| Group | MOLNIYA |
| Orbit launches |
1988-03-11 |
| Deorbitation |
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| Country/organisation of origin | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Type | Satellite |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 1986 km |
| Apogee | 38369 km |
Additional information MOLNIYA 1-71
MOLNIYA 1-71 (also known as Molniya-1) is a communication satellite with an OBJECT_ID of 1988-017A, launched on March 11, 1988, from the Tyuratam Space Center LC1 launch pad using the Molniya 8K78M launch vehicle. The spacecraft has dimensions of 4.4 meters in length and 1.4 meters in diameter with a span of 8.6 meters. It was manufactured by NPOPM and has a configuration known as KAUR-2, featuring 6 deployable solar arrays and batteries for power supply. Its dry mass is recorded at 1620 kg while its launch mass is 1650 kg. The satellites mission purpose is communication, and it carries the Molniya-1T No. 80L payload. It operates in a Molniya orbit with an expected lifetime of 3 years.
satellite MOLNIYA 1-71 Date of exalting 11.03.1988y.
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MOLNIYA 1-71 a new group of Starlink satellites has been launched 1988-03-11
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