Key statistics
Satellite MOLNIYA 3-13 at a glance.
Uptime
16488
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 2.0
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
63.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for MOLNIYA 3-13.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: MOLNIYA 3-13
International designator: 1980-063A
Object number (NORAD): 11896
Object ID (CCSDS): 11896
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 717.935 minutes
Inclination: 63.734 deg
SMA: 26559.328 km
Apoapsis: 39568.955 km
Periapsis: 793.432 km
RAAN: 329.7243 deg
Eccentricy: 0.72997937
Argument of periapsis: 277.9409 deg
Mean anomaly: 12.4235 deg
Mean motion: 2.00575152 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000043 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.0026729528 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:23 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 6:31 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MOLNIYA 3-13
TLE line 1: 1 11896U 80063A 25249.27164838 .00000043 00000-0 -26730-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 11896 63.7340 329.7243 7299794 277.9409 12.4235 2.00575152330702
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite MOLNIYA 3-13.
Associated space launch
Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit
MOLNIYA 3-13 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Molniya-M | Molniya-3 27L’, on board a Molniya-M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 18, 1980, 10:37 a.m. from 43/3 (43L).
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 27L
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 18, 1980, 10:37 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Molniya-M
Launch pad: 43/3 (43L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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