Soviet Space Program

Molniya-3 17L

Molniya-M 2BL

SUCCESS

Success

Tuesday, December 28, 1976 · 06:38 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

92

Pad Launches

522

Location Launches

1079

Agency Launches

131

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