MOLNIYA 1-32

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MOLNIYA 1-32 is classified as:

Molniya

NORAD ID: 8601

Int'l Code: 1976-006A

Perigee: 2,091.4 km

Apogee: 38,383.1 km

Inclination: 63.6 °

Period: 719.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 26608 km

RCS: 18.5857 m² (large)

Launch date: January 22, 1976
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Molniya 1/32 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 08601U 76006A   24207.41924604 -.00000993  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 08601  63.6435 204.4619 6819615 281.8904  14.3402  2.00022269 68043

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC