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Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program
Molniya-M: Molniya-1 21
The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.
Saturday, 14 October 1972
Mission Data
🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931
Launch VehicleMolniya-M 2BL
Vehicle FamilyR-7
Vehicle Record259 of 272 launches (95.2%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)
Success Streak17 consecutive
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitElliptical Orbit
Launch Pad41/1
Location🇷🇺 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation RUS
Orbital Launches This Year#88
Agency Launches This Year#63
Launches From This Pad310
Launches From This Site1,689
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Launch Site
41/1 · 62.9410°N 40.5268°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.