Monday, January 8, 1996

Molniya 104

  1965-080A


Molniya-1 F4 was launched on 1965 Oct 14. It was the last Molniya to use the older 8K78 launch vehicle. The satellite relayed pictures of the Red Square October Revolution parade to the Soviet Far East, and was the first to perform color TV transmissions. 


Molniya-1 F4
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1965 Oct 14  0600:00  Launch by Molniya 8K78  KB 
 0605? Blok-A sep 
 0605?  Blok-I burn 
 0609? Blok-I sep 
 0700? Blok-L burn 
 0704? Blok-L sep 
1965 Oct 17    718.84 486 x 39919 x 65.2 
1965 Oct 22    719.00 472 x 39942 x 65.1 
1965 Nov 12    718.81 458 x 39945 x 64.8 
1966 Feb 4    716.21 560 x 39716 x 65.2 
1966 Feb 18   End of operations 
1966 Oct 12    716.55 559 x 39734 x 64.9 
1965 Oct    718.8 481 x 39935 x 65.2 
1967 Mar 17   Reentered 

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