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Titan 24B | KH-8 50

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 28, 1979, 6:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M/NKh 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 25, 1979, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civil version of the military Zenit-2M area surveillance reconnaissance satellite

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Proton | TKS-VA 9 & 10

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 22, 1979, 11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Reentry capsule of the TKS spacecraft

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 8

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 17, 1979, 7:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 30

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 15, 1979, 11:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Progress 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 13, 1979, 4:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | FLTSATCOM 2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 4, 1979, 6:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 27, 1979, 5:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation high resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 7

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 1979, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 5

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 1979, 3:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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