Molniya-M/2BL launched Kosmos 2196, a US-K missile early-warning satellite for the Oko program, from Plesetsk into a Molniya orbit to detect ballistic missile launches via infrared sensing of rocket plumes.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 4th
- of 8 Molniya 8K78M-PVB flights
- Date and time
- 8 July 1992, 09:53 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78M-PVB
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1992-040
- Launches in 1992
- 41st of 97
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