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Meridian 6 (Russian: Меридиан-6) is a Russian military communications satellite one of the Meridian series. It is designed to carry military communications traffic and is a replacement for the molniya satellites. In common with the earlier satellites these craft are in molniya orbits a highly elliptical orbit named after the earlier satellites and giving good coverage of northern Russia.

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