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MOLNIYA 1-1
Decayed
Payload
LEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
April 23, 1965 at 01:55 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Molniya 8K78 →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-1 1
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
1,510 km
Periapsis
91 km
Inclination
63.73°
Orbital period
100.88 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1965-030A
NORAD catalog №
1324
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
32.186 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 27, 1979
End of mission
Last active / ended
May 27, 1979
Time in service
14.1 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed