Molniya-1 42 (Molniya-1K 50L), a Soviet military/civil communications satellite in a highly elliptical 12-hour Molniya orbit for northern-hemisphere coverage. Molniya-M from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the KAUR-2 craft into its operational orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 97th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 22 August 1978, 23:47 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1978-080
- Launches in 1978
- 83rd of 128
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