Monday, April 16, 1979

Molniya 121

 1972-081A


Molniya-1 (F26, N21) was launched on 1972 Oct 14 from Plesetsk. It replaced A plane satellite and was replaced by 73-89A.


Molniya-1 F26 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1972 Oct 14  0616:00 Launch by Molniya  PL 
  BVGD sep 
  GO sep 
  T+4:46 Blok A sep 
  T+4:56 KhO sep 
  T+8:46 Blok-I MECO 
 0624  T+8:50 Blok-I sep 
  T+53:16 BOZ burn 
 0709?  T+53:56 BOZ sep 
  ML burn 
  T+56:46 ML MECO 
 0712?  T+56:54 ML sep   
 1036   91.59 225 x 479 x 65.3 
1972 Oct 28    704.74 350 x 39358 x 65.4 
1972 Nov 1    717.81 633 x 39722 x 65.4 
1972 Dec 19   Electron spectrometer reported still OK 
1973 Jan 3    717.80 700 x 39655 x 65.5 
1973 Jun 30    717.68 552 x 39797 x 65.8 
1974 Nov   end of ops
1975 Nov 5    717.49 341 x 39998 x 65.3 
1977 Feb 7    717.44 350 x 39987 x 64.5 
1977 Aug 12    717.12 169 x 40152 x 64.3 
1977 Sep 20    712.29 130 x 39953 x 64.2 
1977 Nov 1   Reentered 

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