Molniya 121

 1972-081A

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Molniya-1 (F26, N21) was launched on 1972 Oct 14 from Plesetsk. It replaced A plane satellite and was replaced by 73-89A.

Molniya-1 F26
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Oct 14	0616:00	Launch by Molniya	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0624	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0709?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	0712?	T+56:54 ML sep
	1036		91.59 225 x 479 x 65.3
1972 Oct 28			704.74 350 x 39358 x 65.4
1972 Nov 1			717.81 633 x 39722 x 65.4
1972 Dec 19		Electron spectrometer reported still OK
1973 Jan 3			717.80 700 x 39655 x 65.5
1973 Jun 30			717.68 552 x 39797 x 65.8
1974 Nov		end of ops
1975 Nov 5			717.49 341 x 39998 x 65.3
1977 Feb 7			717.44 350 x 39987 x 64.5
1977 Aug 12			717.12 169 x 40152 x 64.3
1977 Sep 20			712.29 130 x 39953 x 64.2
1977 Nov 1		Reentered

Spaceflight: November 1978

 https://welib.org/md5/71ddd89ea9043b5fb67e219235c3d54e

Spaceflight: September-October 1978

 https://welib.org/md5/877a7e3d7b410f1ca5db8f823fcba683

Club Management: December 1978

 https://welib.org/md5/fe24ebb04730dc72641dd4e7ed484c5a

December 12,1962

 https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/roundups/issues/62-12-12.pdf

Aviation Week: April 9,1979

 https://welib.org/md5/b19bf5e93d02f35cab3511d7df80551e

Aviation Week: September 18,1978

 https://welib.org/md5/842f86616455e12fd22b4493a6cb4af0

Aviation Week: April 2,1979

 https://welib.org/md5/3144b82b4d9e177a12fdd4b7f86b47df

Lunar Impact: The NASA History of Project Ranger

 https://welib.org/md5/634d7ffcf4804a1d81b63c3134ca0938

The High School Journal: October 1978

 https://welib.org/md5/93aa2efe5872fb8003f8ed1386584a3e

Meteor 126

 1976-102A

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The 26th named Meteor was launched in Oct 1976.

Meteor (F26)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Oct 15	2259:38	Launch by Vostok 8A92M	PL
	2304?	Blok E burn
	2310?	Blok-E sep	102.5 857 x 892 x 81.3

Seventeen: November 1977

 https://welib.org/md5/541050083ed9cbc6975cfae8e2116bc9

Kosmos 957

 1977-098A

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Kosmos-957
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Sep 30	0946	Launch by Soyuz-U	Baikonur
	0950	Blok-I burn
	0954	Blok-I sep
			89.83 170 x 361 x 65.0
1977 Oct 2			89.51 149 x 350 x 65.0
1977 Oct 6			89.24 147 x 325 x 65.0
1977 Oct 7			89.35 163 x 320 x 65.0
1977 Oct 13			89.11 160 x 301 x 65.0
1977 Oct 14
	0553?	Deorbit
	0603?	PO sep
	0607?	Entry
	0622?	Landed

Molniya 119

 1971-115A

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Molniya-1 (F24, N19) was launched from Plesetsk on 1971 Dec 20 into plane B.

Molniya-1 F24
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Dec 20	2250:12	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
	2258	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	2343?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	2346?	T+56:54 ML sep
1971 Dec 29			703.28 499 x 39159 x 65.5 (RAE)
1972 Jan 12			717.80 428 x 39926 x 65.4
1972 Dec 1		Rad. expt end of tx
1973 Jan 3			717.73 374 x 39977 x 66.0
1977 Mar 12			702.41 114 x 39479 x 64.9
1977 Apr 3			325.68 8 x 18595 x 65.0
1977 Apr 18		Reentered

Variety: October 18,1978

 https://welib.org/md5/242a5800aff5132773defded3d824c3d

Spaceflight: July 1978

 https://welib.org/md5/a419581d8abbdf1571c508e1a6d475c5

Aviation Week: February 5,1979

 https://welib.org/md5/92a0713553cc847920373c77fc29c74f

Seventeen: February 1979

 https://welib.org/md5/c3bc481b928255f5da5fce07fb17e973

High school students speak out: a study of the impact of high school experiences on students

 https://welib.org/md5/5d91b199e7c680aa9e7825b31f43a1f9

Kosmos 86

  1965-073A

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Two weeks after the previous launch, another quintet of satellites was launched into approximately 1400 km orbit. It appears that the second stage may have performed inaccurately this time, since the orbits attained were more elliptical. The Kosmos-86 to Kosmos-90 quintet completed the Strela-1 constellation; it would be another five years before an operational Strela-1M constellation would appear. 

Kosmos-86
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Sep 18	0759	Launch by 65S3	KB
	0801?	Stage 2 burn 1
	0808?	Stage 2 MECO-1
	0857?	Stage 2 burn 2
	0857?	Stage 2 sep	115.0 1277 x 1638 x 56.1