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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 3

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 29, 1977, 7:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 17

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 24, 1977, 2:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 2914 | Meteosat 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 23, 1977, 1:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

European meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 24

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 28, 1977, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout D-1 | Transat O-11

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 28, 1977, 4:52 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Transat (Translation Satellite) was the Transit-O 11 satellite, modified to serve a dual role in both the Transit navigation system and the experimental SATRACK (Satellite Tracking) system.

Polar Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 18L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 28, 1977, 1:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 7

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 26, 1977, 5:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ASAT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 36

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 25, 1977, 5:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Tselina-O (11F616) was one component of two-satellite Tselina ELINT satellite system. Tselina-O provided general ELINT surveillance to be examined in detail by the larger Tselina-D satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 2914 | ISEE 1 & 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 22, 1977, 1:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Highly eccentric multi-spacecraft astrophysics mission

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 12

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 21, 1977, 10:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ASAT target satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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