MOLNIYA 1-56

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MOLNIYA 1-56 is classified as:

Molniya

NORAD ID: 13890

Int'l Code: 1983-019A

Perigee: 1,444.8 km

Apogee: 39,062.2 km

Inclination: 63.2 °

Period: 720.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 26624 km

RCS: 14.4907 m² (large)

Launch date: March 16, 1983
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Molniya 1/56 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 13890U 83019A   20047.57366756 -.00000285 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9996
2 13890 063.2147 140.7114 7064435 260.4937 244.0375 01.99839241269563

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC