Molniya 345

 1993-049A

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The latest Molniya-3 satellite was launched on 1993 Aug 4. Molniya-3 launches were now reduced to one per year, with launches occurring regularly in August: this saved time in the various assembly,checkout,and launch operations,as well as ensuring that both Molniya-1 and -3 missions received equal priority.

Molniya-3 No. 58
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Aug 4	0052:00	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0100	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0145	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	0148	T+56:54 ML sep
1993 Aug 5			701.89 402 x 39165 x 62.8
1993 Aug 16			717.48 421 x 39918 x 62.8