Soviet Space Program

Molniya-1K 42

Molniya-M 2BL

SUCCESS

Success

Tuesday, August 22, 1978 · 23:47 UTC

Mission

/01

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Molniya-M 2BL

Variant: 2BL

Launch Pad

43/4 (43R)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.929° N, 40.457° E

121

Pad Launches

628

Location Launches

1237

Agency Launches

83

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