Molniya-M rocket

E146993

carrier rocket expendable launch vehicle

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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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

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
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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