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Titan IIIE | Voyager 1

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 5, 1977, 12:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977. Part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System, Voyager 1 launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2.

Solar Escape Trajectory
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 5

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 2, 1977, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 38

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 30, 1977, 6:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 80

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 27, 1977, 10:09 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 2313 | Sirio 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 25, 1977, 11:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The SIRIO satellite is an experimental geostationary artificial telecommunications satellite, the first to be designed and built in Italy.

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 129-136

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 24, 1977, 6:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 4

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 24, 1977, 2:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 5

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 24, 1977, 7:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIE | Voyager 2

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 20, 1977, 2:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets. Part of the Voyager program, it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1, on a trajectory that took longer to reach Jupiter and Saturn but enabled further encounters with Uranus and Neptune. It is the only spacecraft to have visited either of the ice giants.

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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | HEAO 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 12, 1977, 6:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Observatory satellite dedicated to X-ray and gamma-ray studies

Low Earth Orbit
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