Key statistics
Satellite MOLNIYA 1-63 at a glance.
Uptime
14815
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 2.0
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
63.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for MOLNIYA 1-63.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: MOLNIYA 1-63
International designator: 1984-124A
Object number (NORAD): 15429
Object ID (CCSDS): 15429
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 717.348 minutes
Inclination: 63.4427 deg
SMA: 26544.835 km
Apoapsis: 39330.521 km
Periapsis: 1002.879 km
RAAN: 39.5263 deg
Eccentricy: 0.7219416
Argument of periapsis: 256.6548 deg
Mean anomaly: 346.8825 deg
Mean motion: 2.0073944 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001139 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 4:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MOLNIYA 1-63
TLE line 1: 1 15429U 84124A 25186.18386699 .00001139 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 15429 63.4427 39.5263 7219416 256.6548 346.8825 2.00739440297095
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite MOLNIYA 1-63.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit
MOLNIYA 1-63 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 63’, on board a Molniya-M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 14, 1984, 8:40 p.m. from 41/1.
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 63
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 14, 1984, 8:40 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Molniya-M
Launch pad: 41/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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