Molniya-1T 57 (Molniya-1T 68L), a Soviet military communications satellite of the Korund network, launched on a Molniya-M from Baikonur into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit for continuous high-latitude northern coverage.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 147th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 2 April 1983, 02:02 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1983-025
- Launches in 1983
- 26th of 129
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