Saturday, April 16, 2005
Molniya 353
2003-029A
A Molniya-3 was launched on 2003 Jun 19 from Plesetsk. It was on station by Jun 30. Novosti Kosmonavtiki reported that this was the last of the Molniya-3 series now that Molniya-3K was phased in.
| Molniya-3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Jun 19 | 2000:34 | Launch by 8K78M | PL LC43/3 |
| 2009 | Blok I MECO | ||
| 2009 | Blok I Sep | 211 x 558 x 62.8 | |
| 2054? | BOZ burn | ||
| 2054? | BOZ sep | ||
| 2054? | ML burn | ||
| 2056 | ML sep | ||
| 2003 Jun 19 | 733.26 625 x 40489 x 62.9 | ||
| 2003 Jun 20 | 0945 | 734.65 604 x 40578 x 62.7 | |
| 2003 Jun 26 | 721.11 631 x 39887 x 62.9 | ||
| 2003 Jun 30 | 717.60 632 x 39713 x 62.9 | ||
| 2004 Feb 4 | 717.90 630 x 39730 x 63.0 | ||
| 2004 Feb | Orbit correction | ||
| 2004 Feb 17 | 717.70 625 x 39725 x 63.0 | ||
Kosmos 2390
2002-036A
A Kosmos-3M (11K65M) rocket was launched from Plesetsk on Jul 8 and placed a pair of Russian Defense Ministry satellites, Kosmos-2390 and Kosmos-2391, in 1466 x 1507 km x 82.5 deg orbits. The launch was a surprise, as it doesn't fit the established profile of any existing Russian military system. Aleksandr Zhelezneyakov's site, www.cosmoworld.ru, was the first to report the pair as Strela-3 satellites.
| Kosmos-2390 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Jul 8 | 0635:41 | Launch by Kosmos-3M No 704 | PL 132/1 |
| T+2:10 St 1 MECO | |||
| T+2:12 St 1 sep | |||
| 0638 | T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km | ||
| 0638 | T+2:27 Fairing 76km | ||
| 0643:49 | T+8:03? St 2 MECO 150 km | 150 x 1500? x 83 | |
| 0730? | S3M burn 2 | ||
| 0730? | S3M sep | ||
| 2002 Aug 14 | 115.71 1468 x 1507 x 82.5 | ||
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