1968

1968 · Soviet Space Program

Molniya-1 10

successMolniya-M | Molniya-1 10

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Overview

Date / time
October 5, 1968 at 12:32 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
1/5
Mission
Molniya-1 10
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Elliptical Orbit

Payloads deployed · 1