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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 96

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 1979, 10:45 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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Kosmos-3M | Parus 18

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 21, 1979, 4:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Titan IIID | KH-9 15

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 16, 1979, 6:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 169-176

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 15, 1979, 2:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 29

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 14, 1979, 10:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Progress 5

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 12, 1979, 5:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 4

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 1, 1979, 6:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

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Kosmos-3M | AUOS-Z-I-IK 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 27, 1979, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Magnetospheric research satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 9

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 27, 1979, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 32

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 25, 1979, 11:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 32 was the seventh mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the EO-3 expedition, which was the third long-duration crew for the station. The mission began on February 25, 1979, 11:53:49 UTC, launching Commander Vladimir Lyakhov and Flight Engineer Valery Ryumin into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 175-day stay on the station, EO-3 crew conducted various scientific experiments, performed an EVA and were visited by three uncrewed Progress cargo spacecrafts and an uncrewed Soyuz 34. Soyuz 32 crew returned to Earth in Soyuz 34 spacecraft, while their own spacecraft returned uncrewed several days later. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on August 19, 1979, 12:29:26 UTC.

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