Molniya-M carrier rocket Launch

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Date: Dec 5 11:55 2007

RE: Molniya-M carrier rocket Launch

A Molniya-M Rocket Body that was launched on the 23rd October 2007 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on the Kosmos 2430, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 6th December 2007 @ 12:45 GMT ± 48 hours.

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TLE Data

KOSMOS 2430 
1 32269U 07049B   07338.85610770  .03003595  85480-5  48959-3 0  1194
2 32269 062.8340 246.0250 0057901 115.9543 244.7609 16.27756719  6780
1 32269U 07049B   07337.87164728  .02095055  84713-5  47324-3 0  1163
2 32269 062.8339 250.0333 0069807 115.7937 245.0428 16.22801565  6629
1 32269U 07049B   07337.56343809  .01946367  84504-5  47140-3 0  1151
2 32269 062.8340 251.2822 0073184 115.8971 244.9916 16.21564548  6579
1 32269U 07049B   07337.27930845  .01785281  84331-5  45976-3 0  1149
2 32269 062.8346 252.4318 0076055 115.8678 026.8690 16.20480813  6524
1 32269U 07049B   07337.19328405  .01705996  84277-5  44804-3 0  1135
2 32269 062.8356 252.7796 0077125 115.6421 245.2732 16.20106057  6519

Predicted Decay Location 37.8° N, 130.5° E
Inclination 62.8°
Revolution Number 705

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Blobrana

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Date: Oct 23 21:46 2007

Kosmos-2430	Permalink

THe Molniya-M rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 12:39 am EDT (04:39 GMT) Tuesday and placed its payload into an elliptical orbit about an hour later. The satellite delivered into orbit, has been designated Kosmos-2430, and is a new 73D6 US-KS early-warning satellite that will orbit in an orbital plane opposite to one that is occupied by another US-KS satellite in a high-elliptical orbit - Kosmos-2422. According to NORAD, the initial orbit inclination of Kosmos-2430 is 62.8 degrees, orbital period is about 702 minutes; Apogee of about 39,200 km, and Perigee 560 km. __________________

Blobrana

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Date: Oct 23 13:05 2007

Molniya-M carrier rocket Launch	Permalink

Russia has launched a Molniya-M carrier rocket with 2BL upper stage and a Kosmos military (Oko) satellite aboard from the Plesetsk space centre on Tuesday morning. The satellite entered orbit about one hour later. The launching of the carrier with a military satellite was made from the northern cosmodrome at 08:39 MT. According to data, received by the public relations service at the command post of the Space Troops and at the main centre of tests and control over spacecraft named after Titov, the lift-off of the carrier passed smoothly. Land facilities controlled and control the launching and the flight of the carrier. The centre planned to start tracking the missile at 08:43. The calculated time of putting the spacecraft into a target orbit is at 09:35. Deputy commander of the Space Troops Alexander Lopatin exercised general guidance of the launching - Alexei Zolotukhin, Space Troops service chief. Russia has now more than 60 military and dual-purpose satellites in orbit for communications and intelligence. TLE Data OBJECT A 1 32268U 07049A 07296.50698137 -.00103304 00000-0 -95310+0 0 30 2 32268 062.8378 050.6271 7368995 286.9233 202.4355 02.04422511 00 __________________

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