MOLNIYA 1-81
1991-06-18
Satellite information MOLNIYA 1-81 - Molniya-1
| Spacetrack Directory Name | MOLNIYA 1-81 |
| Alternative name | Molniya-1 |
| Group | MOLNIYA |
| Orbit launches |
1991-06-18 |
| 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 | 1421 km |
| Apogee | 38936 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.ISS
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