Molniya-M/Blok-ML from Plesetsk Site 41/1 launched Molniya-3 No.24, a Soviet military and civilian communications satellite into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit serving high-latitude coverage; operated until October 1992.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.1 T
- Flight
- 123rd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 24 March 1981, 03:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1981-030
- Launches in 1981
- 31st of 126
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