Molniya 8K78
Operated by Strategic Rocket Forces, Molniya 8K78 belongs to the R-7 family from Strategic Rocket Forces.
Specifications
- Height
- 43.44 m
- Diameter
- 3 m
- Mass
- 305000 kg
- Stages
- 4
- Thrust
- 813 kN
- LEO payload
- 1900 kg
- First flight
- Oct 10, 1960
Manufacturer & operator
- Family
- R-7
- Variant
- 8K78
- Manufacturer
- Strategic Rocket Forces
- Operator
- β
- Country
- Russia
Launch sites
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan (40 launches)
Launch history
40 launches to date.
SUCCESSMolniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 7
SUCCESSMolniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 6
SUCCESSMolniya 8K78 | Molniya-1Yu 11L
SUCCESSMolniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 5
SUCCESSMolniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 4
SUCCESSMolniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 3
FAILEDMolniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 3a
SUCCESSMolniya 8K78 | Luna-8
FAILEDMolniya 8K78 | Venera-4a
SUCCESS