Molniya-1 46 (Molniya-1K 48L), a Soviet military/civil communications satellite in highly elliptical Molniya orbit for high-latitude coverage. Molniya-M (Blok-ML) from Plesetsk Site 41/1; operated until October 1992.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 108th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 11 January 1980, 12:28 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1980-002
- Launches in 1980
- 2nd of 108
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