Molniya-1 5 (Molniya-1 8L), a Soviet military/civil communications satellite for telephone, telegraph, and TV relay via the Orbita ground network. Molniya (8K78) from Baikonur Site 1/5 placed it in a highly elliptical ~12-hour Molniya orbit on 24 May 1967.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.3 T
- Flight
- 37th
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 24 May 1967, 22:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1967-052
- Launches in 1967
- 56th of 139
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