Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 1-10

DecayedPayloadMEO

MOLNIYA 1-10 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on October 5, 1968 into MEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
October 5, 1968 at 12:32 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-1 10

Orbit

Orbit regime
MEO
Apoapsis
6,628 km
Periapsis
102 km
Inclination
64.23°
Orbital period
159.52 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,650 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1968-085A
NORAD catalog №
3469
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 11, 1976

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 11, 1976
Time in service
7.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed