Launched Molniya-3K No. 1, a 1,740 kg Russian communications satellite, from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit optimized for coverage of Russia's northern regions. It was the only Molniya-3K satellite to reach orbit; a 2005 repeat attempt failed.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.1 T
- Flight
- 261st
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 20 July 2001, 00:17 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2001-030
- Launches in 2001
- 30th of 59
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