Molniya spacecraft | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-17

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00:00:53 1 History
00:02:06 2 Molniya 1
00:04:18 3 Molniya 2
00:05:23 4 Molniya 3
00:06:19 5 Orbital Properties
00:07:00 5.1 Inclination
00:07:49 5.2 Period
00:08:09 5.3 Eccentricity
00:08:49 6 Successors



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The Molniya (Russian: Молния, IPA: [ˈmolnʲɪjə] (listen), "Lightning") series satellites are military and communications satellites launched by the Soviet Union from 1965 to 2004. These satellites use highly eccentric elliptical orbits known as Molniya orbits, which have a long dwell time over high latitudes. They are suited for communications purposes in polar regions, in the same way that geostationary satellites used for equatorial regions.There were 164 Molniya satellites launched, all in Molniya orbits with the exception of Molniya 1S which was launched into geostationary orbit for testing purposes.