Molniya-1 No.6 (Molniya-1 9L), a Soviet military/civil communications satellite in highly elliptical Molniya orbit for high-latitude coverage. Molniya-M from Baikonur Site 1/5 lofted it on 3 October 1967; it operated until March 1969.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.3 T
- Flight
- 39th
- of 40 Molniya 8K78 flights
- Date and time
- 3 October 1967, 05:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1967-095
- Launches in 1967
- 106th of 139
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas