Molniya-1 25 (Molniya-1 32L), a Soviet highly elliptical-orbit communications satellite for long-haul television and military links across the USSR. Molniya-M (Blok-ML) from Baikonur LC-1/5 placed the craft in Molniya orbit on 14 November 1973.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 49th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 14 November 1973, 20:40 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1973-089
- Launches in 1973
- 96th of 116
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