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MOLNIYA 1-26

NORAD 6958 · Payload · Reentered 1985-06-09

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Launched
1973-11-30 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
1,650 kg
Size
4.4 × 1.4 m · 8.6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
87 × 517 km
Inclination
63.3°
Period
90.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0322
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.