Molniya-M from Plesetsk placed Molniya-3 40L into a highly elliptical 12-hour Molniya orbit, a Soviet communications satellite providing high-latitude television and telephone relay coverage.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.1 T
- Flight
- 182nd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 24 December 1985, 18:56 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1985-117
- Launches in 1985
- 121st of 125
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