Molniya-M/2BL launch from Plesetsk placed Kosmos 2097, a US-K missile early-warning satellite in the Oko constellation, into its highly elliptical orbit to detect ICBM launches via optical telescopes and infrared sensors.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 8 Molniya 8K78M-PVB flights
- Date and time
- 28 August 1990, 07:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78M-PVB
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1990-076
- Launches in 1990
- 80th of 121
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