MOLNIYA 3-50

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MOLNIYA 3-50 is classified as:

Molniya

NORAD ID: 25847

Int'l Code: 1999-036A

Perigee: 2,096.6 km

Apogee: 38,271.0 km

Inclination: 63.5 °

Period: 717.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 26554 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   25181.56557761 -.00000003  00000-0 -72361-1 0  9997
2 25847  63.5176 191.7698 6811266 279.9526  15.0170  2.00626108190365

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC