Molniya-1K 44 (Molniya-1K 47L), a Soviet military/civil communications satellite in highly elliptical Molniya orbit for high-latitude coverage. Molniya-M (Blok-ML) from Plesetsk Site 43/3; operated until decay in October 2017.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 105th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 31 July 1979, 03:56 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1979-070
- Launches in 1979
- 72nd of 110
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