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 1991, and by the Russian Federation from 1991 to 2004 ...
, 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 ...
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Molniya (explosive trap)
Molniya () 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 allegedly even suitcase nuclear devices. A sequen ...
, a KGB explosive device
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Molniya (rocket)
The Molniya (, meaning "lightning"), GRAU
The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (), commonly referred to by its transliterated acronym GRAU (), is a department of the Russian Ministr ...
, a variation of the Soyuz launch vehicle
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OKB-4 Molniya
Vympel NPO is a Russian research and production company (NPO) 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) ...
, 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'') () is a Russian scientific and production enterprise, founded on February 26, 1976. Currently part of Rostec.
Space systems
At present, NPO Molniya is working on reusable launch systems for space applications.
Aircr ...
, a Soviet design bureau responsible for the Shuttle Buran programme
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Molnija
Chelyabinsk Watch Factory "Molnija" (sometimes transliterated ''Molniya''; ) was a Russian watch and clockmaker based in Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast. ''Molnija'' (Молния) is the Russian word for ''lightning''.
History
The Molnija ...
, a Russian watch and clockmaker
* Molniya, a project of the
Tarantul class corvette
The Tarantul-class corvette, Soviet designation Project 1241 ''Molniya'' () 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 the , ...
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