MISSION NAME
Molniya-1 14 14
Status
Success
DATE
26 JUN 1970
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Soviet Space Program
Launch Pad
43/4 (43R)
Description
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.
Molniya-M 2BL