A Molniya-M rocket with a 2BL upper stage launched a Molniya-1T communications satellite from Baikonur, joining the Soviet Molniya network used for long-range telephone and telegraph links and distribution of Central Television broadcasts to the Orbita ground station network.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 213th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 15 February 1989, 11:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1989-014
- Launches in 1989
- 14th of 102
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