Molniya (satellite), a Soviet military communications satellite
Molniya orbit
Molniya (explosive trap), a KGB explosive device
Molniya (rocket), a variation of the Soyuz launch vehicle
OKB-4 Molniya, an experimental design bureau responsible for the Molniya R-60 and Vympel R-73 air-to-air missiles
NPO Molniya, a Soviet design bureau responsible for the Shuttle Buran programme
Molnija, a Russian watch and clockmaker
Molniya, a project of the Tarantul class corvette
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A Molniya orbit (Russian: Молния, IPA: [ˈmolnʲɪjə] , "Lightning") is a type of satellite orbit designed to provide communications and remote sensing coverage...
Molniya (Russian for lightning) may refer to: Molniya (satellite), a Soviet military communications satellite Molniya orbit Molniya (explosive trap),...
1965 as part of the Molniya program. This program was also unique at the time for its use of what then became known as the Molniya orbit, which describes...
and 1968 the OKB got renamed to Vympel. In 1977 Matus Bisnovat of OKB-4 Molniya died, and all missile related work was passed to Vympel. G. Khokhlov led...
around Earth. Examples of inclined HEO orbits include Molniya orbits, named after the Molniya Soviet communication satellites which used them, and Tundra...
Expendable launch vehicles Kosmos-3M Molniya-M Proton K Soyuz U Zenit 2 Energia Kosmos 1 2I 3 3M N1 R-7 Luna Molniya Polyot Soyuz L M U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik...
/ TKS Energia / Buran Space probes Sputnik program Kosmos Bion GLONASS Molniya Meteor Zenit Luna program Zond program Lunokhod program Mars program Phobos...
landers and orbiters. Early Mars spacecraft were small, and launched by Molniya rockets. Starting with two failures in 1969, the heavier Proton-K rocket...
Power transformer failure, upper stage failed to ignite, never left LEO Molniya Venera 1 (1VA No.2) 12 February 1961 OKB-1 Soviet Union Impactor Spacecraft...
AA-8 or AA8 may refer to: Molniya R-60, a Soviet lightweight air-to-air missile whose NATO reporting name is the AA-8 'Aphid' Gardiner's designated symbol...
429 mi) and BeiDou (with an altitude of 21,528 kilometres, 13,377 mi). The Molniya orbit has a high inclination of 63.4° and high eccentricity of 0.722 with...
Expendable launch vehicles Kosmos-3M Molniya-M Proton K Soyuz U Zenit 2 Energia Kosmos 1 2I 3 3M N1 R-7 Luna Molniya Polyot Soyuz L M U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik...
produces the desired precession in a 100-minute orbit. List of orbits Molniya orbit Tundra orbit Vandenberg Air Force Base, a major United States launch...
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