MOLNIYA 3-50

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MOLNIYA 3-50 is classified as:

Molniya

NORAD ID: 25847

Int'l Code: 1999-036A

Perigee: 2,241.5 km

Apogee: 38,135.8 km

Inclination: 63.5 °

Period: 717.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 26559 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   26046.39258675  .00000406  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 25847  63.5046 168.0631 6757309 278.0478  16.0104  2.00572032194973

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC