MOLNIYA 3-42

22178
Spacetrack Directory Number
1992-10-14
Orbit launches
24689.73 km
Average height
12421.76 km/h
Average velocity


Satellite information MOLNIYA 3-42 - Molniya-3

Spacetrack Directory Name MOLNIYA 3-42
Alternative name Molniya-3
Group MOLNIYA
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Orbit launches 1992-10-14 (33 years ago)
Days in orbit 12394
Country/organisation of origin Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Starting point PLMSC (Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia)
Type Satellite
Categories
Perigee 1956 km
Apogee 35166 km
Orbit slope (inclination) 64.3°
Laps per day 2
Height MOLNIYA 3-42 24689.73 km

Additional information MOLNIYA 3-42

MOLNIYA 3-42, also known as Molniya-3, is a communication satellite launched on October 14, 1992, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome Launch Pad LC43/3 using the Molniya 8K78M-PVB launch vehicle. The spacecraft has dimensions of 3.6 meters in length and 1.6 meters in diameter with a span of 8.1 meters. It weighs 1,750 kilograms at launch and has a dry mass of 1,700 kilograms. Equipped with 6 deployable solar arrays generating 1000 W and batteries for power storage, it was manufactured by NPOPM for the VKS/GPKS and is part of the Molniya-3 series configuration known as KAUR-2. The satellite operates under a communication mission with a motor type KDU-414A (S5.114) or 11D414NS, and it has an estimated lifetime of three years. Its shape is described as cylindrical with six panels, and its radar cross-section (RCS) is measured at 14.6753 square meters.

satellite MOLNIYA 3-42 Date of exalting 14.10.1992y. Average height of ISS MOLNIYA 3-42 hundred 24689.73 km. Average velocity MOLNIYA 3-42 is 12421.76 km/h. Inclination MOLNIYA 3-42 satellite 64.32°.

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Update time: 2026-09-19 19:50:13
Average height of ISS MOLNIYA 3-42 is: 24689.73km
Average velocity MOLNIYA 3-42 is: 12421.76km/h
Average orbit height MOLNIYA 3-42 is: 64.32°
MOLNIYA 3-42 a new group of Starlink satellites has been launched 1992-10-14
MOLNIYA 3-42 is from 12394 days Days in orbit.