Key statistics
Satellite MOLNIYA 1-S at a glance.
Uptime
18552
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
2.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for MOLNIYA 1-S.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: MOLNIYA 1-S
International designator: 1974-060A
Object number (NORAD): 7392
Object ID (CCSDS): 7392
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1436.194 minutes
Inclination: 2.3897 deg
SMA: 42166.627 km
Apoapsis: 35824.54 km
Periapsis: 35752.444 km
RAAN: 263.6346 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008549
Argument of periapsis: 255.9902 deg
Mean anomaly: 73.0938 deg
Mean motion: 1.00265026 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000166 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 9:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MOLNIYA 1-S
TLE line 1: 1 07392U 74060A 25133.88779816 .00000166 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 07392 2.3897 263.6346 0008549 255.9902 73.0938 1.00265026130163
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite MOLNIYA 1-S.
Associated space launch
First operational geostationary communications satellite of the Soviet Union
MOLNIYA 1-S was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM | Molniya-1S’, on board a Proton-K/DM space rocket.
The launch took place on July 29, 1974, noon from 81/24 (81P).
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Proton-K/DM | Molniya-1S
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 29, 1974, noon UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM
Launch pad: 81/24 (81P)
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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