Molniya (8K78)
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Molniya (Mars (1a))
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| Version | Strap-On | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molniya (8K78) | Blok-B,V,G,D / 4 × RD-107 | Blok-A / RD-108 | Blok-I / RD-0107 | Blok-L / S1.5400 |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molniya (8K78) |
Nr TNr Vehicle Serial Date Sc LS Payload
51 1 Molniya L1-4M 10.10.1960 F Ba LC-1/5 Mars (1a) (1M #1) 52 2 Molniya L1-5M 14.10.1960 F Ba LC-1/5 Mars (1b) (1M #2) 56 3 Molniya L1-7V 04.02.1961 P Ba LC-1/5 Venera (1a) (1VA #1, Sputnik 7) 57 4 Molniya L1-6V 12.02.1961 Ba LC-1/5 Venera 1 (1VA #2, Sputnik 8) 77 5 Molniya T103-12 25.08.1962 P Ba LC-1/5 Venera (2a) (2MV-1 #1, Sputnik 19) 78 6 Molniya T103-13 01.09.1962 P Ba LC-1/5 Venera (2b) (2MV-1 #2, Sputnik 20) 79 7 Molniya T103-14 12.09.1962 P Ba LC-1/5 Venera (2c) (2MV-2 #1, Sputnik 21) 82 8 Molniya T103-15 24.10.1962 P Ba LC-1/5 Mars (1c) (2MV-4 #1, Sputnik 22) 83 9 Molniya T103-16 01.11.1962 Ba LC-1/5 Mars 1 (2MV-4 #2, Sputnik 23) 84 10 Molniya T103-17 04.11.1962 P Ba LC-1/5 Mars (2a) (2MV-3 #1, Sputnik 24) 86 11 Molniya (E6) T103-09 04.01.1963 P Ba LC-1/5 Luna (4c) (Ye-6 №2, Sputnik 25) 87 12 Molniya (E6) G103-10 03.02.1963 F Ba LC-1/5 Luna (4d) (Ye-6 №3) 89 13 Molniya (E6) G103-11 02.04.1963 Ba LC-1/5 Luna 4 (Ye-6 №4) 100 14 Molniya G15000-017 11.11.1963 P Ba LC-1/5 Kosmos 21 (Zond (1a)) (3MV-1A #1) 105 15 Molniya (M) T15000-019 19.02.1964 F Ba LC-1/5 Zond (1b) (3MV-1A #2) 106 16 Molniya (E6) T15000-020 21.03.1964 F Ba LC-1/5 Luna (5a) (Ye-6 №6) 107 17 Molniya (M) T15000-022 27.03.1964 P Ba LC-1/5 Kosmos 27 (Zond (1c)) (3MV-1 #1) 108 18 Molniya (M) G15000-028 ? 02.04.1964 Ba LC-1/5 Zond 1 (3MV-1 #2) 111 19 Molniya (E6) T15000-021 20.04.1964 F Ba LC-1/5 Luna (5b) (Ye-6 №5) 115 20 Molniya G15000-018 04.06.1964 F Ba LC-1/5 Molniya-1 (1a) (Molniya-1 2L) 123 21 Molniya G15000-019 22.08.1964 Ba LC-1/5 Kosmos 41 (Molniya-1 (1b)) (Molniya-1 1L) 131 22 Molniya G15000-029 30.11.1964 Ba LC-1/5 Zond 2 (3MV-4 #1) 136 23 Molniya (E6) G15000-024 12.03.1965 P Ba LC-1/5 Kosmos 60 (Luna (5c)) (Ye-6 №9) 139 24 Molniya (E6?) U15000-022 10.04.1965 F Ba LC-1/5 Luna (5d) (Ye-6 №8) 141 25 Molniya U15000-035 23.04.1965 Ba LC-1/5 Molniya-1 1 (Molniya-1 3L) 143 26 Molniya (M) U15000-024 09.05.1965 Ba LC-1/5 Luna 5 (Ye-6 №10) 145 27 Molniya (M) U15000-033 08.06.1965 Ba LC-1/5 Luna 6 (Ye-6 №7) 149 28 Molniya U15000-032 18.07.1965 Ba LC-1/5 Zond 3 (3MV-4 #2) 156 29 Molniya U15000-034 14.10.1965 Ba LC-1/5 Molniya-1 2 (Molniya-1 4L) 159 30 Molniya (M) U15000-042 12.11.1965 Ba LC-31/6 Venera 2 (3MV-4 #3) 160 31 Molniya (M) U15000-031 16.11.1965 Ba LC-31/6 Venera 3 (3MV-3 #1) 161 32 Molniya (M) U15000-030 23.11.1965 P Ba LC-31/6 Kosmos 96 (Venera (4a)) (3MV-4 #4) 163 33 Molniya U15000-048 03.12.1965 Ba LC-31/6 Luna 8 (Ye-6 №12) 178 34 Molniya (M) U15000-040 27.03.1966 F Ba LC-31/6 Molniya-1 (3) (Molniya-1 5L) 182 35 Molniya (M) N15000-037 25.04.1966 Ba LC-31/6 Molniya-1 3 (Molniya-1 6L) 199 36 Molniya (M) N15000-040 20.10.1966 Ba LC-1/5 Molniya-1 4 (Molniya-1 7L) 222 37 Molniya (M) N15000-041 24.05.1967 Ba LC-1/5 Molniya-1 5 (Molniya-1 8L) 232 38 Molniya (M) N15000-081 31.08.1967 Ba LC-1/5 Kosmos 174 (Molniya-1Yu 11L) 237 39 Molniya (M) Ya15000-083 03.10.1967 Ba LC-1/5 Molniya-1 6 (Molniya-1 9L) 240 40 Molniya (M) Ya15000-084 22.10.1967 Ba LC-1/5 Molniya-1 7 (Molniya-1 12L) Launch sites: Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, USSRF Failure P Partial Failure