Molniya-M/Blok-ML from Plesetsk Site 43/3 launched Molniya 3-13 (27L), a Soviet military and civilian communications satellite into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit providing high-latitude coverage.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.1 T
- Flight
- 115th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 18 July 1980, 10:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1980-063
- Launches in 1980
- 65th of 108
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