The Blok 2BL was a
rocket stage
A multistage rocket or step rocket is a launch vehicle that uses two or more rocket ''stages'', each of which contains its own Rocket engine, engines and Rocket propellant, propellant. A ''tandem'' or ''serial'' stage is mounted on top of anot ...
, a member of
Blok L Blok may refer to:
*Blok (surname)
*Blok (comics), the fictional superhero of the DC Comics universe
*Blok M, downtown shopping area in Jakarta, Indonesia
*Mega Bloks, plastic building blocks produced by Mega Bloks, Incorporated
*The Vlaams Blok (D ...
family, used as an upper stage on some versions of the
Molniya-M
The Molniya-M (russian: Молния, meaning "lightning"), designation 8K78M, was a Soviet Union (later Russian) launch vehicle derived from the R-7 Semyorka Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
The original 8K78 booster had been the ...
carrier rocket
A launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket designed to carry a payload (spacecraft or satellites) from the Earth's surface to outer space. Most launch vehicles operate from a launch pads, supported by a launch control center and syste ...
. It was used as a fourth stage to launch the
Oko
OKO ( rus, ОКО, r=, literally means eye, also an abbreviation for Ob'yedinonnyye Kristallom Osnovaniya ( rus, Oбъединённые Кристаллом Oснования, r=, literally means Foundations Bound by a Crystal)) is a complex o ...
missile early warning defence spacecraft.
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