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\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Molniya
\<COLOUR 1> HEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 45.2 metres
\<COLOUR 1> LIFT-OFF THRUST: \<COLOUR 0> 504 tonnes
\<COLOUR 1> NO OF STAGES: \<COLOUR 0> 4, including strap-on boosters
\<COLOUR 1> PROPELLANTS: \<COLOUR 0> Kerosene/liquid oxygen
\<COLOUR 1> PAYLOAD: \<COLOUR 0> Molniya comsats, military satellites
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Plesetsk Cosmodrome, northern Russia
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USSR/CIS
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Also called the SL-6; developed from the Soyuz (SL-4) by the addition of a fourth stage; over 270 launched.