Molniya-1 26 (Molniya-1K 36L), a Soviet communications satellite launched on a Molniya-M from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical orbit for coverage of high northern latitudes.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 50th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 30 November 1973, 13:08 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1973-097
- Launches in 1973
- 104th of 116
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