| ▲ | shrubble 9 hours ago | |
Molniya, the Russian word for “lightning”, of course indicates that the equivalent Russian agency was aware of and used this orbit, also. | ||
| ▲ | ExoticPearTree 8 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Its the other way around, the soviets were the first to use this kind of orbit and proved its usefulness, hence the name. | ||