Key statistics
Satellite MOLNIYA 3-24 at a glance.
Uptime
14587
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 2.6
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
62.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for MOLNIYA 3-24.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: MOLNIYA 3-24
International designator: 1985-040A
Object number (NORAD): 15738
Object ID (CCSDS): 15738
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 563.229 minutes
Inclination: 62.4246 deg
SMA: 22591.77 km
Apoapsis: 31717.506 km
Periapsis: 709.764 km
RAAN: 233.8592 deg
Eccentricy: 0.6862619
Argument of periapsis: 253.0584 deg
Mean anomaly: 26.2956 deg
Mean motion: 2.5566859 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000167 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014205 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 5, 2025, 2:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 9:30 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MOLNIYA 3-24
TLE line 1: 1 15738U 85040A 25124.39594794 .00000167 00000-0 14205-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 15738 62.4246 233.8592 6862619 253.0584 26.2956 2.55668590330762
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite MOLNIYA 3-24.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit
MOLNIYA 3-24 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Molniya-M | Molniya-3 39L’, on board a Molniya-M space rocket.
The launch took place on May 29, 1985, 7:40 a.m. from 43/4 (43R).
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 39L
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 29, 1985, 7:40 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Molniya-M
Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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