Soviet Space Program

Molniya-3 52L

Molniya-M 2BL

SUCCESS

Success

Thursday, December 22, 1988 · 14:15 UTC

Mission

/01

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Molniya-M 2BL

Variant: 2BL

Launch Pad

43/3 (43L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.927° N, 40.450° E

156

Pad Launches

1245

Location Launches

2237

Agency Launches

117

Orbital This Year

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