Molniya-1 No.8 (10L), a Soviet military/civilian communications satellite in a highly elliptical 12-hour Molniya orbit for high-latitude coverage. Molniya-M (Blok ML) from Baikonur Site 1/5 lofted it on 21 April 1968.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 13th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 21 April 1968, 04:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1968-035
- Launches in 1968
- 37th of 128
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