Molniya-3 No.25, a Soviet civilian/military communications satellite in a highly elliptical Molniya orbit for long-haul voice and TV relay over high northern latitudes. Molniya-M from Plesetsk Site 41/1.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.1 T
- Flight
- 120th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 9 January 1981, 14:57 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1981-002
- Launches in 1981
- 2nd of 126
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