Molniya-1 - Norad Identifikationsnummer: 21426
| Name im Katalog Spacetrack | MOLNIYA 1-81 |
| Alternative Bezeichnung | Molniya-1 |
| Gruppe | MOLNIYA |
| In die Umlaufbahn bringen |
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| Deorbitation |
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| Herkunftsland/-organisation | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS) |
| Wir analysieren den polnischen Text, der 'Miejsce startu' lautet. | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Typ | Satellit |
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| Perygeum | 1421 km |
| Apogäum | 38936 km |
MOLNIYA 1-81, also known as Molniya-1, is a communication satellite launched on June 18, 1991, from the Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex Launch Pad LC43/4 using a Molniya 8K78M launch vehicle. The spacecraft, manufactured by NPOPM, has dimensions of 4.4 meters in length, 1.4 meters in diameter, and an 8.6 meter span. It weighs 1,620 kilograms when dry and had a launch mass of 1,670 kilograms. Equipped with six deployable solar arrays and batteries for power, the satellites mission was to facilitate communication services. The spacecraft is equipped with a KDU-414A (S5.114) motor and has a shape described as cylindrical with six panels, providing an RCS of 15.6029. Its operational lifetime was approximately three years.
der Satellit MOLNIYA 1-81 hinausgetragen 18.06.1991r.