Soviet Space Program

Molniya-1 12

Molniya-M 2BL

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, July 22, 1969 · 12:55 UTC

Mission

/01

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Molniya-M 2BL

Variant: 2BL

Launch Pad

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

45.920° N, 63.342° E

120

Pad Launches

268

Location Launches

416

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72

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