Molniya
NORAD ID: 26867
Int'l Code: 2001-030A
Perigee: 234.3 km
Apogee: 40,115.8 km
Inclination: 63.5 °
Period: 717.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 26546 km
Launch date: July 20, 2001
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 26867U 01030A 13143.11654318 -.00000936 00000-0 00000+0 0 4380
2 26867 063.4810 013.6763 7511763 254.4531 350.6770 02.00725550 86764
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for MOLNIYA 3-51
