Molniya 1-19, a Soviet military/civilian communications satellite launched on a Molniya-M from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit for long-dwell northern coverage.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 30th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 19 December 1971, 22:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1971-115
- Launches in 1971
- 128th of 133
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