Kosmos 706 (US-K #4), a Soviet Oko missile early-warning satellite. Molniya-M (Blok-2BL) from Plesetsk Site 41/1 placed the craft into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit to watch for ballistic-missile launches with infrared sensors.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 59th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 30 January 1975, 15:02 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1975-007
- Launches in 1975
- 7th of 132
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