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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Molniya-M rocket canonical | 5 |
| Molniya-M | 3 |
| Molniya rocket | 2 |
| Molniya rocket family | 2 |
| Molniya-M 8K78M | 2 |
| Molniya communications satellite | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1278410 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Molniya-M rocket Context triple: [Luna 10, launchVehicle, Molniya-M rocket]
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Vostok-K rocket
The Vostok-K rocket was a Soviet launch vehicle that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight in history.
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R-7 Semyorka rocket
The R-7 Semyorka rocket was the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch vehicle that placed Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, into orbit, marking the start of the space age.
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C.
Proton rocket
The Proton rocket is a heavy-lift Russian expendable launch vehicle widely used to place large payloads, including space station modules and communications satellites, into orbit.
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D.
Soyuz rocket
The Soyuz rocket is a long-serving Russian expendable launch vehicle renowned for reliably transporting crews and cargo to low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
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E.
Angara rocket family
The Angara rocket family is a series of Russian modular launch vehicles designed to provide flexible, domestically produced access to space for a range of payloads and orbits.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Molniya-M rocket Target entity description: 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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A.
Vostok-K rocket
The Vostok-K rocket was a Soviet launch vehicle that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight in history.
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B.
R-7 Semyorka rocket
The R-7 Semyorka rocket was the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch vehicle that placed Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, into orbit, marking the start of the space age.
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C.
Proton rocket
The Proton rocket is a heavy-lift Russian expendable launch vehicle widely used to place large payloads, including space station modules and communications satellites, into orbit.
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D.
Soyuz rocket
The Soyuz rocket is a long-serving Russian expendable launch vehicle renowned for reliably transporting crews and cargo to low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
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E.
Angara rocket family
The Angara rocket family is a series of Russian modular launch vehicles designed to provide flexible, domestically produced access to space for a range of payloads and orbits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| 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
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| 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
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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
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| 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
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launching interplanetary spacecraft ⓘ launching navigation satellites ⓘ launching scientific satellites ⓘ launching weather satellites ⓘ |
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Subject: Molniya-M rocket Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (15)
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