MOLNIYA 1-32

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MOLNIYA 1-32 is classified as:

Molniya

NORAD ID: 8601

Int'l Code: 1976-006A

Perigee: 2,378.6 km

Apogee: 38,105.6 km

Inclination: 63.6 °

Period: 720.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 26613 km

RCS: 18.5857 m² (large)

Launch date: January 22, 1976
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Molniya 1/32 was a first-generation Russian communications satellite (COMSAT) orbited to test and perfect a system of radio communications and television broadcasting using earth satellites as active transponders and to experiment with the system in practical use. The basic function of the satellite was to relay television programs and long-distance two-way multichannel telephone, phototelephone, and telegraph links from Moscow to the various standard ground receiving stations in the Orbita system.

1 08601U 76006A   26022.84800967 -.00000272  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 08601  63.6309 149.7917 6712281 277.4500  16.5650  1.99967311 78974

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC