Molniya-M from Plesetsk lofted Molniya-3 37L (Molniya-3 25), a Soviet civilian communications satellite into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit for the Orbita long-range relay network.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.1 T
- Flight
- 172nd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 17 July 1985, 01:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1985-061
- Launches in 1985
- 62nd of 125
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