Molniya-M launched the Molniya-1T military communications satellite from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit, marking the final launch of the long-running Molniya-1 series.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.9 T (est.)
- Flight
- 267th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 18 February 2004, 07:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2004-005
- Launches in 2004
- 5th of 54
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