Molniya-1S

 1974-060A

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Molniya-1S, 11F658 No. 38, was launched by a Proton from Baikonur in Jul 1974, to test out communications from geostationary orbit and the new Blok DM booster. 

Molniya-1S
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 Jul 29	1200:00	Launch by Proton	KB
	1209	Stage 3 sep
	1316?	DM burn 1	200? x 35840? x 47.3
	1845?	DM burn 2
	1850?	DM sep
1974 Jul 29	0417		1439.00 35843 x 35843 x 0.1
1977 Aug 20	0418		1435.91 35751 x 35814 x 2.5 GEO 41.7E+0.04W
1978 Apr 3	1015		1435.11 35726 x 35808 x 2.9 GEO 86.1E+0.2E
1981 Jan 24	1300		1436.43 35732 x 35855 x 4.9 GEO 105.2E+0.1E
1981 Apr 23			1436.97 35753 x 35854 x 5.0 GEO 92.0E+0.2W
1981 May 7			1437.04 35745 x 35865 x 5.1 GEO 88.8E+0.2W
1983 Jan 28			1435.75 35732 x 35827 x 6.2 GEO 105.9E+0.07E
1987 Oct 27			1436.32 35758 x 35823 x 9.7 GEO 107.1E+0.0E
1988 Jan 28			1436.93 35768 x 35837 x 9.9 GEO 94.2E+0.2W
1989 May 5			1435.10 35725 x 35808 x 10.9 GEO 64.8E+0.2W
1992 Aug 29			1436.96 35762 x 35845 x 13.1 GEO 92.5E+0.2W
1996 Mar 3			1435.15 35743 x 35793 x 14.7 GEO 61.1E+0.2W
1998 Aug 1			1435.04 35727 x 35804 x 15.2 GEO 71.6E+0.2W