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Delta 2914 | Yuri 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 7, 1978, 10:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation Japanese direct broadcasting satellite

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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Aquacade 4

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 7, 1978, 12:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary signals intelligence satellite (TELINT).

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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 87

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 6, 1978, 9:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-2M (Gektor, 11F690) was an improved version of the Zenit-2 area surveillance reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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Soyuz U | Kosmos 1001

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 4, 1978, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Intelsat-4A 6

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 31, 1978, 11:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 1978, 2:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 14

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 30, 1978, 7:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

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Proton | TKS-VA 5 & 6

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 30, 1978, midnight
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Reentry capsule of the TKS spacecraft

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 14

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 28, 1978, 1:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

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Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 9 & 10

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 25, 1978, 6:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Satellites designed to provide secure voice and data communications for the US military.

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