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 launch vehicle
surface form: Voskhod rocket
coreStageEngine RD-107
surface form: RD-108
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
diameter 2.95 m
era 1960s space race
post-Soviet Russian space operations
family Molniya-M rocket self-linksurface differs
surface form: Molniya rocket family
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
Space-Based Infrared System
surface form: Oko early-warning satellites

Prognoz scientific satellites
Venera missions
surface form: Venera interplanetary probes
operator Russian Aerospace Forces
surface form: Russian Space Forces

Soviet space program
surface form: Soviet Space Program
orbitType highly elliptical orbit
partOf R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: R-7 rocket family
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-M rocket
this entity surface form: Molniya communications satellite
Luna program launch vehicles includesVariant Molniya-M rocket
this entity surface form: Molniya-M 8K78M
Venera missions launchVehicleUsed Molniya-M rocket
this entity surface form: Molniya rocket
Molniya-M rocket family Molniya-M rocket self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Molniya-M
this entity surface form: Molniya rocket family
Ye-6S usedWithLaunchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
Luna programme launchVehicleUsed Molniya-M rocket
this entity surface form: Molniya rocket
Luna 9 launchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
Luna 11 launchRocket Molniya-M rocket
this entity surface form: Molniya-M
Luna 11 launchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
this entity surface form: Molniya-M 8K78M
IRS-1C launchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
this entity surface form: Molniya-M
Venera 7 launchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
Molniya 8K78 successor Molniya-M rocket
this entity surface form: Molniya-M
Ye-6 series lunar landers launchVehicle Molniya-M rocket
Luna spacecraft launchVehicleUsed Molniya-M rocket
this entity surface form: Molniya rocket family