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Titan 34B | Quasar 1

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 2, 1976, 8:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Communication relay satellite for US reconnaissance satellites

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 5

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 28, 1976, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 60

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 26, 1976, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the Vostok-based Zenit family.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout B-1 | Wideband

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 22, 1976, 7:42 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental military satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 21, 1976, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 67

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 20, 1976, 9 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 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 78

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 18, 1976, 10:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-Priroda 2-1

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 15, 1976, 1:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Meteor meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Comstar 1A

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 13, 1976, 10:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Company

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 16L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 12, 1976, 5:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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