Satellites

Payload

MOLNIYA 3-20

activePayloadHEO

MOLNIYA 3-20 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on March 11, 1983 into HEO.

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Launch

Launch date
March 11, 1983 at 03:29 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-3 34L

Orbit

Orbit regime
HEO
Apoapsis
39,081 km
Periapsis
1,308 km
Inclination
61.95°
Orbital period
718.48 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,750 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1983-015A
NORAD catalog №
13875
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
15.4143 m²
Status
active