Molniya 208

 1973-106A

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Molniya-2 (F8, N8) was launched in Dec 1973 to plane C, again in a 62.8 degree orbit which now became standard.

Molniya-2 F8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Dec 25	1117:00	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1125	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1210	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1213	T+56:54 ML sep
1973 Dec 26			736.95 488 x 40809 x 62.9 (RAE)
1974 Jan 2	1432		718.00 379 x 39986 x 62.9
1974 Mar 13			717.76 519 x 39834 x 62.9
1975 May 15			717.79 786 x 39568 x 63.0
1977 Oct 23			717.70 437 x 39913 x 63.9
1976 Sep 16		End of ops
1981 May 6			717.78 1429 x 38925 x 64.1
1984 Feb 5			716.27 228 x 40051 x 63.8
1984 Aug 7			553.38 94 x 31804 x 63.5
1984 Nov 5			245.70 88 x 13144 x 63.5
1984 Nov 22	1052		117.65 86 x 3064 x 63.5
1974 Nov 23	1318		108.67 87 x 2243 x 63.5
1984 Nov 24		Reentered