MOLNIYA 1-62

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MOLNIYA 1-62 is classified as:

Molniya

NORAD ID: 15214

Int'l Code: 1984-089A

Perigee: 1,005.1 km

Apogee: 39,838.2 km

Inclination: 62.7 °

Period: 727.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 26792 km

RCS: 13.8853 m² (large)

Launch date: August 24, 1984
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Molniya 1/62 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 15214U 84089A   20088.47176252 -.00000849  00000-0  40725-2 0  9996
2 15214  62.7248 144.1047 7246973 264.5041  16.9220  1.97960738228209

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC