1970 · Soviet Space Program
Molniya-1 14
successMolniya-M | Molniya-1 14
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
- June 26, 1970 at 03:23 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R)
- Mission
- Molniya-1 14
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Elliptical Orbit