1964-049D
The second Molniya-1, No. 1 (F2) was designated Kosmos-41 after launch into an approximately 12 hour elliptical orbit. The communication antennae failed to deploy but the orbit engine and a secondary radiation experiment operated for several months.
Launch vehicle was R10336 according to Varlomeyev, G10319 according to Glazami. Chertok reports that the parabolic antennae failed to deploy but the satellite operated for 9 months for tests of spacecraft control.
In May 2004, Space Command swapped the names for 00869 (originally tagged as Kosmos-41) and 00898 (originally tagged as the Blok-L stage).
| Kosmos-41 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Aug 22 | 0721 | Launch by 8K78 | KB |
| 0723 | T+2:22 GO sep | ||
| 0726 | Blok-A sep | ||
| 0726 | Blok-I burn | ||
| Interstage sep | |||
| 0730 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 0830 | T+1:09:24 BOZ burn | ||
| 0830 | T+1:09:43 Blok-L burn | ||
| 0834? | Blok-L sep | 426 x 39771 x 64.9 | |
| 1964 Sep 8 | 714.58 427 x 39769 x 64.9 | ||
| 1964 Dec 19 | radiation counter stops operating | ||
| 1965 May 26 | end of ops | ||
| 1981 Jun 30 | 714.56 3333 x 36861 x 71.4 | ||
| 1992 Jan 1 | 714.81 1722 x 38486 x 70.30 | ||
| 1992 Oct 19 | (R/B) | 717.93 1446 x 38915 x 69.63 | |
| 714.54 1456 x 38737 x 69.57 319.3 | |||
| 1994 Jan 20 | 714.54 997 x 39197 x 68.4 | ||
| 1998 May 12 | 714.51 2231 x 37961 x 68.6 | ||
| 2000 Aug 1 | 714.66 1464 x 38736 x 68.57 35 | ||
| (R/B) | 717.44 1495 x 38842 x 68.68 41 | ||
| 2003 Aug 1 | 714.58 426 x 39770 x 64.92 262 | ||
| (R/B) | 719.07 506 x 39911 x 64.97 270.3 | ||
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