Kosmos 1124, a US-K (Oko) missile early-warning satellite for the Soviet military, launched on a Molniya-M (Blok-2BL) from Plesetsk Site 43/4 into a Molniya orbit; the spacecraft exploded into eight pieces on 9 September 1979.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 106th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 28 August 1979, 00:17 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1979-077
- Launches in 1979
- 80th of 110
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