MOLNIYA-3K (named MOLNIYA 3-51 by USSPACECOM) is a Russian military communications spacecraft that was launched by a Molniya-M rocket from Plesetsk at 00:47 UT on 2001 July 20. The initial orbital parameters of the 2-ton spacecraft were period 12 hr, 16 min, apogee 40,811 km, perigee 255 km, and inclination 62.7 deg.
Facts in Brief
Launch Date: 2001-07-20
Launch Vehicle: Molniya-M
Launch Site: Plesetsk, Russia