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Kosmos-3M | Aureole 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1973, 4:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Joint Soviet-French scientific satellite dedicated to the Earth's upper atmosphere at high latitudes.

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Molniya-M | Molniya-2 8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 25, 1973, 11:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Government communications satellite.

Elliptical Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 19

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 21, 1973, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 57-64

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 19, 1973, 9:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

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Soyuz | Soyuz 13

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 18, 1973, 11:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 13 launched on 18 December 1973, 11:55:00 UTC. It carried commander Pyotr Klimuk and flight engineer Valentin Lebedev into orbit. This mission was the second test flight of the modified Soyuz spacecraft. Crew spent 7 deays in orbit and carried out various astrophysical studies. They also obtained ultraviolet spectrograms of stars with the help of an Orion 2 Space Observatory onboard the spacecraft. Crew returned to Earth, landing on 26 December 1973, 08:50:35 UTC.

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Soyuz 11A511M | Zenit-4MT 5

Energia | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 17, 1973, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Delta 1900 | AE-C

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 16, 1973, 6:18 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Scientific satellite dedicated to photochemical processes in the Earth's atmosphere

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Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 3 & 4

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 13, 1973, 11:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellites designed to provide secure voice and data communications for the US military.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 14

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 13, 1973, 11:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 4, 1973, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

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