MOLNIYA 1-91

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MOLNIYA 1-91 is classified as:

Molniya

NORAD ID: 25485

Int'l Code: 1998-054A

Perigee: 1,290.3 km

Apogee: 33,568.9 km

Inclination: 64.5 °

Period: 609.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 23800 km

RCS: 13.9766 m² (large)

Launch date: September 28, 1998
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Can carry satellite broadcast television as well as military and manned voice communcations; highly elliptical orbit developed for northern latitudes beyond reach of geostationary satellites.

1 25485U 98054A   25180.49567296 -.00000164  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 25485  64.5130 337.0406 6781040 287.3083  13.0128  2.36440348205236

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC