Molniya 201

  1971-100A

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The first Molniya-2 satellite was launched in Nov 1971 by 8K78M Molniya from Plesetsk.

Molniya-2 F1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Nov 24	0930:02	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
	0938	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1023	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1026	T+56:54 ML sep
			712.00 516 x 39552 x 65.5
1971 Dec 10			705.73 462 x 39296 x 65.5
1971 Dec 13			705.91 447 x 39320 x 65.5
1972 Jan 11			705.86 464 x 39301 x 65.4
		Orbit raise
1972 Jan 27			717.72 481 x 39870 x 65.5
1972 Feb 26			717.80 507 x 39848 x 65.5
1972 Oct 24		End of ops
1972 Oct 26			717.55 525 x 39818 x 65.5
1973 Aug 8			717.64 262 x 40085 x 65.5
1973 Oct 2			716.33 180 x 40102 x 65.5
1974 Mar?		Reentered