Launch · COSPAR 1978-055 · 02 Jun 1978

MOLNIYA 1-40

Name: Launch 1978-055 — MOLNIYA 1-40
Start: 1978-06-02
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

60% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
MOLNIYA 1-40	10925	1978-055A	Unknown	HEO	2,350 / 37,991 km	64.02°	on orbit	—

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-6 R/B(1)	10926	1978-055B	Decayed	LEO	177 / 214 km	62.85°	21 Jun 1978	—
SL-6 R/B(2)	10949	1978-055E	Inactive	HEO	1,849 / 39,136 km	63.94°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-6 PLAT	10927	1978-055C	Decayed	LEO	151 / 171 km	62.82°	17 Jun 1978	—
SL-6 DEB	10929	1978-055D	Decayed	LEO	192 / 300 km	62.84°	25 Jun 1978	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1978-055; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.