Molniya-1K 36 (41L), a Soviet military Korund-network communications satellite with Beta payload on a highly elliptical Molniya orbit for high-latitude coverage. Molniya-M/Blok-ML from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the ~1.6 t KAUR-2 craft into ~500×40,000 km orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 83rd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 24 March 1977, 11:51 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1977-021
- Launches in 1977
- 22nd of 130
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