Molniya-M launched the Molniya 1-88 communications satellite from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit, replacing Molniya 1-82 in the Russian military communications constellation — the sole Molniya-1 launch of 1994.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 245th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 14 December 1994, 14:21 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1994-081
- Launches in 1994
- 85th of 93
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