Molniya (Russian for ''lightning'') may refer to:
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Molniya (satellite)
The Molniya ( rus, Молния, p=ˈmolnʲɪjə, a=Ru-молния.ogg, "Lightning") series satellites were military and communications satellites launched by the Soviet Union from 1965 to 2004. These satellites used highly eccentric elliptic ...
, a Soviet military communications satellite
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Molniya orbit
A Molniya orbit ( rus, Молния, p=ˈmolnʲɪjə, a=Ru-молния.ogg, "Lightning") is a type of satellite orbit designed to provide communications and remote sensing coverage over high latitudes. It is a highly elliptical orbit with an ...
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Molniya (explosive trap)
Molniya (russian: молния, translation=lightning) was an explosive device used to booby trap certain buried or otherwise concealed containers used by the KGB to cache items, such as shortwave radio receivers, cryptographic materials, and al ...
, a KGB explosive device
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Molniya (rocket)
The Molniya (russian: Молния, meaning "lightning"), GRAU Index 8K78, 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 laun ...
, a variation of the Soyuz launch vehicle
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OKB-4 Molniya
Vympel NPO is a Russian research and production company based near Moscow, mostly known for their air-to-air missiles. Other projects include SAM and ABM defenses. It was started in the Soviet era as an OKB
(experimental design bureau).
Hist ...
, an experimental design bureau responsible for the Molniya R-60 and Vympel R-73 air-to-air missiles
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NPO Molniya
NPO Molniya (''lightning'') (russian: Научно-производственное объединение «Молния») is a Russian scientific and production enterprise, founded on February 26, 1976. Currently part of Rostec
Rostec ( rus ...
, a Soviet design bureau responsible for the Shuttle Buran programme
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Molnija
Chelyabinsk Watch Factory "Molnija" (sometimes transliterated ''Molniya''; russian: Челябинский часовой завод) was a Russian watch and clockmaker based in Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast. ''Molnija'' (Молния) is th ...
, a Russian watch and clockmaker
* Molniya, a project of the
Tarantul class corvette
The Soviet designation Project 1241 ''Molniya'' (russian: Молния, , Lightning) are a class of Russian missile corvettes (large missile cutters in Soviet classification). They have the NATO reporting name Tarantul (not to be confused with ...
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