Molniya-M/Blok-ML from Plesetsk Site 41/1 launched Molniya 1-48, a Soviet military and civilian communications satellite into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit providing high-latitude coverage; operated until November 1995.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 117th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 16 November 1980, 04:18 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1980-092
- Launches in 1980
- 94th of 108
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