Molniya-2 No.1 (11F628), first satellite of the Molniya-2 series for Soviet government C-band communications via Orbita-2 ground stations. Molniya-M from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the craft into a highly elliptical 12-hour Molniya orbit on 24 November 1971.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 29th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 24 November 1971, 09:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1971-100
- Launches in 1971
- 110th of 133
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