Molniya 117

 1970-114A

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Molniya-1 (F22, N17) was launched from Baikonur on 1970 Dec 25 into the A plane. The satellite carried SBM-10 and SBT-9 gas discharge counters to study the radiation belts.

Molniya-1 F22
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Dec 25	0350:02	Launch by Molniya	KB
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0358	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0443?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	0446?	T+56:54 ML sep
1971 Jan 3			711.72 452 x 39603 x 65.0
1971 Jan 11			711.65 461 x 39590 x 65.0
		Move to op. orbit
1971 Jan 22			717.78 475 x 39879 x 65.0
1971 Sep 17		Radiation expt. end of trans.
1971 Nov 6			717.75 580 x 39772 x 65.0
1972 May 14			717.71 451 x 39900 x 65.0
1972 Jun 12			717.71 433 x 39918 x 65.1
1973 Jul		Reentered