Molniya-2 10, a Soviet C-band communications satellite on a highly elliptical 12-hour Molniya orbit for high-latitude Orbita-2 coverage. Molniya-M (Blok-ML) from Plesetsk Site 43/4 lofted the KAUR-2 craft on 23 July 1974 for government and civil trunk links.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 55th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 23 July 1974, 01:23 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1974-056
- Launches in 1974
- 61st of 113
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