Molniya-3 19L (Molniya-3 7), a Soviet dual-use communications satellite in a highly elliptical Molniya orbit for domestic TV and long-haul links, launched on a Molniya-M/Blok-ML from Plesetsk Site 43/4.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.1 T
- Flight
- 85th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 28 April 1977, 09:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1977-032
- Launches in 1977
- 33rd of 130
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