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First Soviet Telecommunications Satellite "Molniya-1"

Country:

Soviet Union, USSR

Series:

Soviet Space Achievements

Catalog codes:

CopyWrong

Themes:

Globes | Outer Space | Satellites | Space Traveling | Telecommunication

Issued on:

1966-04-12

Expiry date:

1992-01-01

Size:

30 x 42 mm

Colors:

Multicolor

Watermark:

No Watermark

Designers:

Lev M. Sharov | Z. Sharova

Format:

Stamp

Emission:

Commemorative

Perforation:

comb 12 x 12¼

Printing:

Offset lithography

Paper:

Chalk surfaced

Face value:

10 Soviet kopek

Print run:

4,000,000

Score:

16% Accuracy: Very High

Related items:

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Description:

Issued in sheets of 25 (5 x 5) stamps.
The highly eccentric elliptical orbit of the Molniya satellite made it visible to polar monitoring stations for the vast majority of its 12-hour orbital period.

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