Molniya-1 28 (Molniya-1 24L), a Soviet military communications satellite for long-haul radio and TV relay via highly elliptical orbit. Molniya-M (Blok-ML) from Plesetsk Site 41/1 placed the craft into a ~12-hour inclined Molniya orbit covering high northern latitudes.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 56th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 24 October 1974, 12:38 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1974-081
- Launches in 1974
- 87th of 113
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