Molniya-1K 30 (Molniya-1 37L), a Soviet high-latitude communications satellite, with French CNES SRET 2 (MAS 2) technology piggyback. Molniya-M (Blok-ML) from Plesetsk Site 41/1 placed both in Molniya orbit on 5 June 1975 for military/civil relay and radiation-hardening tests.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 63rd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 5 June 1975, 01:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1975-049
- Launches in 1975
- 53rd of 132
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