Payload
MOLNIYA 1-40
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MOLNIYA 1-40 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on June 2, 1978 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 2, 1978 at 12:12 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Molniya-M 2BL →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Molniya-1K 40
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 38,105 km
- Periapsis
- 2,238 km
- Inclination
- 64.01°
- Orbital period
- 717.53 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 1,650 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1978-055A
- NORAD catalog №
- 10925
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 14.9622 m²
- Status
- active