Molniya-M launched Molniya-3 No. 47 (Molniya 3-38) from Plesetsk, a Soviet-legacy military/civil communications satellite for Russia's long-elliptical-orbit relay network.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.1 T
- Flight
- 252nd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 24 October 1996, 11:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1996-060
- Launches in 1996
- 64th of 77
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