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Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 3a

Molniya-1 3a

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Launch Details

Date: 27 Mar 1966, 07:20 am UTC

Rocket: Molniya 8K78 (R-7)

Provider: Soviet Space Program

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Elliptical Orbit

Pad: 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.