Molniya-3 26L Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

18 Apr 1980, 5:31pm

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome Launch Site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Pad

41/1

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Molniya-M 2BL

Mission

Molniya-3 26L

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Elliptical Orbit

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Updated: Jan 3, 7:56pm UTC

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