MISSION NAME
Molniya-1S
Status
Success
DATE
29 JUL 1974
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Soviet Space Program
Launch Pad
81/24 (81P)
Description
First operational geostationary communications satellite of the Soviet Union
Proton-K/DM
Rocket Description
The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.