MOLNIYA 1-56

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MOLNIYA 1-56 is classified as:

Molniya

NORAD ID: 13890

Int'l Code: 1983-019A

Perigee: 1,684.4 km

Apogee: 38,804.3 km

Inclination: 63.3 °

Period: 720.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 26615 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   19227.59703259 -.00000800  00000-0  00000+0 0  9991
2 13890  63.2701 162.6952 6973396 260.9221 328.2412  1.99942169265889

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC