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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 72

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 26, 1974, 4:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 51

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 20, 1974, 9:30 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 | Strela-1M 73-80

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 19, 1974, 2:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 9

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 11, 1974, 5:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

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Scout D-1 | ANS

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 30, 1974, 2:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dutch sun-synchronous satellite designed as an astronomical observatory

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 50

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 30, 1974, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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 | Sfera 12

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 29, 1974, 2:54 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.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 30

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 29, 1974, 7:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Soyuz | Soyuz 15

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 26, 1974, 7:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 15 was meant to be the second crewed mission to the Salyut 3 space station. The mission launched on August 26, 1974, 19:58:05 UTC, carrying commander Gennadi Sarafanov and flight engineer Lev Dyomin to orbit. Soyuz-15 failed to dock with the station and had to return to Earth early, landing on August 28, 1974, 20:10:16 UTC.

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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 6

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 16, 1974, 3:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

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