MOLNIYA I

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Molniya 1 satellite

Molniya satellite

The prototype of the Molniya communication satellite in the RSCE museum.

A twenty-four hour, long-range communication system was developed using the Molniya

Molniya satellite was the first Soviet communication satellite. It was put into a high-elliptic orbit and provided communication between the central regions and the far east. Schematic