Space Atlas logoSpace Atlas

MOLNIYA 2-9

NORAD 7276 · Payload · In orbit since 1974

View in the 3D atlas →
Launched
1974-04-26 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
1,650 kg
Size
4.4 × 1.4 m · 8.2 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
1,278 × 32,439 km
Inclination
64.4°
Period
587.2 min
Eccentricity
0.6707
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.