MOLNIYA 3-50

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MOLNIYA 3-50 is classified as:

Molniya

NORAD ID: 25847

Int'l Code: 1999-036A

Perigee: 419.6 km

Apogee: 39,940.0 km

Inclination: 62.9 °

Period: 717.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 26550 km

RCS: 11.7204 m² (large)

Launch date: July 8, 1999
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 25847U 99036A   21267.34398670 -.00000248  00000-0  65586-4 0  9990
2 25847  62.8935  16.9480 7442412 280.1956  10.9024  2.00671881162776

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC