MOLNIYA 3-42
1992-10-14
Satellite information MOLNIYA 3-42 - Molniya-3
| Spacetrack Directory Name | MOLNIYA 3-42 |
| Alternative name | Molniya-3 |
| Group | MOLNIYA |
| Orbit launches |
1992-10-14 |
| Deorbitation |
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| 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 |
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.ISS
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