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Molniya-1 24
Molniya-M · Communications
197341/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Rocket
- Molniya-M
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Pad
- 41/1
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2