Molniya-1 No.11 (16L), a Soviet military/civil communications satellite in a highly elliptical 12-hour Molniya orbit for high-latitude coverage. Molniya-M from Baikonur Site 1/5 on 11 April 1969; operated until about April 1974.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 19th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 11 April 1969, 02:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1969-035
- Launches in 1969
- 42nd of 125
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