Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL Molniya-1 19
Molniya-M 2BL
Status
Success
Date
19 DEC 1971
22:50
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Molniya-M 2BL
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit
Livestream
Not available