Molniya-2 12, a Soviet military communications satellite for long-haul radio and television relay via highly elliptical orbit. Molniya-M (Blok-ML) from Plesetsk Site 41/1 placed the craft into a ~12-hour inclined Molniya orbit on 6 February 1975.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 60th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 6 February 1975, 04:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1975-009
- Launches in 1975
- 9th of 132
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