Molniya-M rocket

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The Molniya-M rocket was a Soviet expendable launch vehicle widely used during the Cold War era to place communications, navigation, and scientific satellites into highly elliptical Molniya orbits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier rocket
expendable launch vehicle
basedOn Voskhod rocket
coreStageEngine RD-108
linked to: RD-107
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
diameter 2.95 m
era 1960s space race
post-Soviet Russian space operations
family Molniya rocket family
linked to: Molniya-M rocket
firstFlight 1964-11-19
firstStageEngine RD-107
guidanceSystem inertial guidance
lastFlight 2010-09-30
launchConfiguration strap-on boosters plus core stage
launches over 300
launchMass about 305000 kg
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
length 43.4 m
manufacturer Progress Rocket Space Centre
RKK Energia
notablePayload Mars interplanetary probes
Molniya communications satellites
Oko early-warning satellites
Prognoz scientific satellites
Venera interplanetary probes
linked to: Venera missions
operator Russian Space Forces
Soviet Space Program
orbitType highly elliptical orbit
partOf R-7 rocket family
linked to: R-7 Semyorka rocket
primaryMissionProfile high-inclination highly elliptical orbits
propellantType kerosene (RP-1)
liquid oxygen
rocketFamilyRole specialized variant for Molniya orbits
stages 4
status retired
successor Soyuz-2 rocket variants
typicalInclination about 63.4 degrees
typicalOrbit Molniya orbit
upperStage Blok-L
Fregat
usedDuring Cold War
usedFor launching communications satellites
launching interplanetary spacecraft
launching navigation satellites
launching scientific satellites
launching weather satellites

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Luna 10 launchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
OKB-1 developed Molniya communications satellite
linked to: Molniya-M rocket
Luna program launch vehicles includesVariant Molniya-M 8K78M
linked to: Molniya-M rocket
Venera missions launchVehicleUsed Molniya rocket
linked to: Molniya-M rocket
Molniya-M family Molniya rocket family
subject linked to: Molniya-M rocket
linked to: Molniya-M rocket
Ye-6S usedWithLaunchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
Luna programme launchVehicleUsed Molniya rocket
linked to: Molniya-M rocket
Luna 9 launchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
Luna 11 launchRocket Molniya-M
linked to: Molniya-M rocket
Luna 11 launchVehicle Molniya-M 8K78M
linked to: Molniya-M rocket
IRS-1C launchVehicle Molniya-M
linked to: Molniya-M rocket
Venera 7 launchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
Molniya 8K78 successor Molniya-M
linked to: Molniya-M rocket
Ye-6 series lunar landers launchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
Luna spacecraft launchVehicleUsed Molniya rocket family
linked to: Molniya-M rocket