Molniya-1 No.5, a Soviet highly elliptical-orbit communications satellite. Molniya 8K78M from Baikonur LC-31/6 failed on 27 March 1966 when the booster failed, destroying the vehicle before it could reach Molniya orbit.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 34th
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 27 March 1966, 07:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- Launches in 1966
- 28th of 131