MOLNIYA 1-81

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Spacetrack Directory Number
1991-06-18
Orbit launches
26277.61 km
Average height
12170.71 km/h
Average velocity


Satellite information MOLNIYA 1-81 - Molniya-1

Spacetrack Directory Name MOLNIYA 1-81
Alternative name Molniya-1
Group MOLNIYA
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Orbit launches 1991-06-18 (35 years ago)
Days in orbit 12878
Country/organisation of origin Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Starting point TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan)
Type Satellite
Categories
Perigee 1421 km
Apogee 38936 km
Orbit slope (inclination) 63.41°
Laps per day 2
Height MOLNIYA 1-81 26277.61 km

Additional information MOLNIYA 1-81

MOLNIYA 1-81, also known as Molniya-1, is a communication satellite launched on June 18, 1991, from the Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex Launch Pad LC43/4 using a Molniya 8K78M launch vehicle. The spacecraft, manufactured by NPOPM, has dimensions of 4.4 meters in length, 1.4 meters in diameter, and an 8.6 meter span. It weighs 1,620 kilograms when dry and had a launch mass of 1,670 kilograms. Equipped with six deployable solar arrays and batteries for power, the satellites mission was to facilitate communication services. The spacecraft is equipped with a KDU-414A (S5.114) motor and has a shape described as cylindrical with six panels, providing an RCS of 15.6029. Its operational lifetime was approximately three years.

satellite MOLNIYA 1-81 Date of exalting 18.06.1991y. Average height of ISS MOLNIYA 1-81 hundred 26277.61 km. Average velocity MOLNIYA 1-81 is 12170.71 km/h. Inclination MOLNIYA 1-81 satellite 63.42°.

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Update time: 2026-09-19 19:50:11
Average height of ISS MOLNIYA 1-81 is: 26277.61km
Average velocity MOLNIYA 1-81 is: 12170.71km/h
Average orbit height MOLNIYA 1-81 is: 63.42°
MOLNIYA 1-81 a new group of Starlink satellites has been launched 1991-06-18
MOLNIYA 1-81 is from 12878 days Days in orbit.