Molniya
[ mohl-nee-uh; Russian mawl-nyi-yuh ]
/ ˈmoʊl ni ə; Russian ˈmɔl nyɪ yə /
noun
one of a series of Soviet communications satellites.
Origin of Molniya
From the Russian word Mólniya literally, lightning
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