Soviet Space Program

Molniya-3 23L

Molniya-M 2BL

SUCCESS

Success

Thursday, January 18, 1979 · 15:42 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

43/4 (43R)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.929° N, 40.457° E

132

Pad Launches

659

Location Launches

1277

Agency Launches

4

Orbital This Year

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