Molniya 126

 1973-097A

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Molniya-1 (F31, N26) was launched from Plesetsk into the C plane.

Molniya-1 F31
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Nov 30	1308:59	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
	1317	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1402?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1405?	T+56:54 ML sep
1973 Nov 30			735.84 592 x 40649 x 62.9
1973 Nov 30			740.0 619 x 40829 x 62.9 (RAE)
1973 Dec 2			740.03 618 x 40828 x 62.9
1973 Dec 12			737.52 432 x 40891 x 62.9
1973 Dec 23			737.57 447 x 40879 x 62.8
1974 Jan		Lower orbit
1974 Jan 15			717.75 478 x 39874 x 62.7
1974 Dec 21			717.81 807 x 39548 x 63.0
1977 Jan 30			717.72 513 x 39838 x 63.6
1977 Oct 20			717.69 480 x 39869 x 63.9
1981 Mar 14			717.83 1515 x 38842 x 64.2
1983 Oct 27			717.65 430 x 39917 x 63.9
1984 Dec 1			600.58 110 x 34292 x 63.4
1985 Mar 12			244.48 99 x 13047 x 63.4
1985 May 28			115.36 97 x 2846 x 63.3
1985 Jun 9		Reentered	89 x 660 x 63.3

Venera 6

  1969-002A

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V-69 No. 331 (Venera-6) was launched on 1969 Jan 10. It transmitted for 51 min during the descent on May 17 and was destroyed at an altitude of 11 km. It reported a temperature of 400 C and a pressure of 60 bar. 

Venera-6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Jan 10	0544?	Launch by 8K78M	KB
	0548?	Blok-I burn
	0553?	Blok-I sep	88.51 201 x 207 x 51.66
	0705?	BOZ sep
	0706?	Blok-L burn
	0710?	Blok-L sep, solar orbit
1969 Mar 16		TCM 37m/s
1969 May 17	0330	SA sep, 25000 km from Venus (11.2 km/s)
	0605	Entry
	0608:15	AOS, parachutes out
	0658:04	End of transmissions, 11 km alt (51 min in)
	0715?	Impact

Soyuz 2

  1968-093A

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Soyuz-2 was launched without a crew to serve as a docking target for Beregovoy's Soyuz-3. It was 7K-OK (11F615) No. 11, with a passive docking system.

Soyuz-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Oct 25	0900:00	Launch by Soyuz	KB
		T+1:55 SAS sep
		T+1:58 Blok BVGD sep
		T+2:45 Fairing
		T+4:48 Blok A sep
		T+4:48 St 3 MES
	0908	T+8:50 St 3 MECO
		Blok-I sep	89.95 204 x 341 x 51.82
1968 Oct 26	0900?	Rendezvous by Soyuz-3
1968 Oct 27		Rendezvous by Soyuz-3
	0800		88.22 177 x 196 x 51.67
		Orbit adjust
	1940		99.63 184 x 230 x 51.66
1968 Oct 28	0015		88.41 181 x 211 x 51.67
	0642?	DO
	0645?	DO CO
	0655?	Modules sep
	0702?	Entry
	0720	Landing