Soviet Space Program

Molniya-3 26L

Molniya-M 2BL

FAILURE

Failure

Friday, April 18, 1980 · 17:31 UTC

Mission

/01

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Molniya-M 2BL

Variant: 2BL

Launch Pad

41/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.941° N, 40.527° E

171

Pad Launches

740

Location Launches

1386

Agency Launches

31

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