Molniya-1K 35 (Molniya-1M No. 43L), a Soviet military/civilian communications satellite on a highly elliptical Molniya orbit for high-latitude coverage. Molniya-M/Blok-ML from Baikonur Site 1/5 provided telephone and TV relay across the USSR.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 76th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 23 July 1976, 15:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-074
- Launches in 1976
- 75th of 131
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