Molniya-M (Blok-ML) from Plesetsk Site 43/4 launched Molniya-2 17, a Soviet C-band communications satellite into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit for high-latitude government and civilian Orbita-2 links; the final flight of the Molniya-2 series.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 82nd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 11 February 1977, 14:57 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1977-010
- Launches in 1977
- 10th of 130
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