Molniya 1-43 (Molniya-1K 52L), a Soviet military/civil communications satellite in highly elliptical Molniya orbit for high-latitude coverage. Molniya-M from Plesetsk; 12-hour period with long dwell over northern territories.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 102nd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 12 April 1979, 00:28 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1979-031
- Launches in 1979
- 32nd of 110
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