Molniya-M launched Molniya 3-44, a Molniya-3 series highly elliptical military communications satellite from Plesetsk, replacing Molniya 3-41 in relaying long-distance telephone, telegraph and Orbita television traffic.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.1 T
- Flight
- 238th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 21 April 1993, 00:23 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1993-025
- Launches in 1993
- 25th of 83
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