Molniya
NORAD ID: 25485
Int'l Code: 1998-054A
Perigee: 422.6 km
Apogee: 39,945.0 km
Inclination: 63.1 °
Period: 717.8 minutes
Semi major axis: 26554 km
Launch date: September 28, 1998
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: Can carry satellite broadcast television as well as military and manned voice communcations; highly elliptical orbit developed for northern latitudes beyond reach of geostationary satellites.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 25485U 98054A 13143.08640317 -.00000066 00000-0 10000-3 0 9673
2 25485 063.0542 353.9156 7441679 254.8056 350.3986 02.00626683107315
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for MOLNIYA 1-91
