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Launch history and upcoming schedule for Molniya 8K78.


The Molniya was a modification of the well-known R-7 Semyorka rocket and had four stages. The 8K78 resulted from a crash program by the Korolev Bureau to develop a booster for launching planetary probes. A larger third stage was added along with a fourth stage (Blok L) that was designed to fire in-orbit to send the…

Tracks timing/status changes for up to the next 20 launches based on the last 120 days of updates.
No upcoming Molniya 8K78 launches scheduled.
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).