1967-101 Success

Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 7

Oct 22, 1967, 08:40 AM UTC

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Launch Overview

Vehicle

Molniya 8K78

Agency

Soviet Space Program

Site / Pad

NIIP-5 / LC1

Outcome

Success

Flight

Ya15000- 84 L84

COSPAR Designator

1967-101

Mission

Molniya-1 7 (Communications)

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.

Vehicle & Provider

Rocket

Molniya 8K78

Provider

Soviet Space Program

Agency launches

273 (58 YTD)

Site launches

197 (31 YTD)

Pad launches

99 (15 YTD)

Payloads (13)

Piece Name Owner State Track
1967-101 11S59B RVSN
1967-101 11S59V RVSN
1967-101 11S59G RVSN
1967-101 11S59D RVSN
1967-101 11S59A RVSN
1967-101 Molniya Fairing RVSN
1967-101 Molniya Fairing RVSN
1967-101A Molniya-1 No. 12L TSUKOS SU Track
1967-101B BOZ RVSN SU Track
1967-101C 8K78I RVSN SU Track
1967-101D deb Blok-I RVSN SU Track
1967-101E deb Blok-I RVSN SU Track
1967-101F Blok-L RVSN SU Track