MOLNIYA 2-13

MOLNIYA 2-13 is no longer on orbit
MOLNIYA 2-13 is classified as:

Molniya

NORAD ID: 8015

Int'l Code: 1975-063A

Launch date: July 8, 1975
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)
Decay date: 2018-09-12

Molniya 2/13 was a first-generation Russian communications satellite (COMSAT) orbited to test and perfect a system of radio communications and television broadcasting using earth satellites as active transponders and to experiment with the system in practical use. The basic function of the satellite was to relay television programs and long-distance two-way multichannel telephone, phototelephone, and telegraph links from Moscow to the various standard ground receiving stations in the Orbita system.