Molniya-M/Blok-2BL from Plesetsk Site 41/1 launched Kosmos 1223, a US-K (Oko) early-warning satellite for the Soviet missile-attack warning network into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit, replacing Kosmos 903.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 118th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 27 November 1980, 21:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1980-095
- Launches in 1980
- 97th of 108
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