Molniya-2 16, a Soviet YeSSS communications satellite on a highly elliptical Molniya orbit for high-latitude coverage. Molniya-M/Blok-ML from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the ~1.6 t craft into ~500×40,000 km orbit for national telephone and TV relay.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 80th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 2 December 1976, 02:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-116
- Launches in 1976
- 119th of 131
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas