Key statistics
Satellite MOLNIYA 1-63 at a glance.
Uptime
14753
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: 718.041 minutes
Inclination: 63.4284 deg
SMA: 26561.944 km
Apoapsis: 39306.579 km
Periapsis: 1061.039 km
RAAN: 48.3003 deg
Eccentricy: 0.7199311
Argument of periapsis: 256.4904 deg
Mean anomaly: 277.3649 deg
Mean motion: 2.00545524 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001393 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 2, 2025, 5:35 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 2, 2025, 7:01 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MOLNIYA 1-63
TLE line 1: 1 15429U 84124A 25122.29237042 .00001393 00000-0 00000-0 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 15429 63.4284 48.3003 7199311 256.4904 277.3649 2.00545524295819
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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