Molniya-3 48L

Success Soviet Union, Molniya-M 2BL

Mission

Communications · Elliptical

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
MOLNIYA 3-41 1991-065A Payload 408 × 39267 km · 62.5° Globe
SL-6 R/B(1) 1991-065B Rocket body re-entered 1991-09-30
SL-6 PLAT 1991-065C Debris re-entered 1991-09-26
SL-6 R/B(2) 1991-065D Rocket body re-entered 2010-12-06
SL-6 DEB 1991-065E Debris re-entered 1991-09-27
SL-6 DEB 1991-065F Debris re-entered 1991-09-26
SL-6 DEB 1991-065G Debris re-entered 1991-09-25
SL-6 DEB 1991-065H Debris re-entered 1991-09-25

COSPAR ID 1991-065 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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