Kosmos 1030, a US-K (Oko) missile early-warning satellite for the Soviet military SPRN constellation. Molniya-M/2BL from Plesetsk placed it in a highly elliptical Molniya-type orbit; the spacecraft self-destructed about a month later on 10 Oct 1978.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 98th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 6 September 1978, 03:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1978-083
- Launches in 1978
- 86th of 128
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