Molniya-1K 52 (55L), a Soviet Molniya-orbit communications satellite for high-latitude domestic relay, launched on a Molniya-M (Blok-ML) from Baikonur to extend long-haul military and civilian communications coverage.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 133rd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 23 December 1981, 13:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1981-123
- Launches in 1981
- 126th of 126
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