Molniya-M from Baikonur lofted Molniya-1T 65 (Molniya-1T 73L), a Soviet military communications satellite into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit for long-range UHF/VHF relay across the northern hemisphere.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 179th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 23 October 1985, 00:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1985-099
- Launches in 1985
- 102nd of 125
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