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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | INTELSAT IV F7

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 23, 1973, 10:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 64

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 22, 1973, 11:24 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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Titan 33B | Jumpseat 3

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 21, 1973, 4:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Signal intelligence satellite operating from highly elliptic Molniya-type orbits.

Elliptical Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 53

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

The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5B F4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 17, 1973, 4:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Proton | Mars-7

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 9, 1973, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars fly-by and lander mission

Mars flyby
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Proton | Mars-6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 5, 1973, 5:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars fly-by and lander mission

Mars flyby
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 40

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 1, 1973, 2 p.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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Saturn IB | Skylab 3

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 28, 1973, 11:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Skylab 3 (also known as SL-3 or SLM-2) was the second crewed mission to the first US orbital space station Skylab. The mission began on July 28, 1973, 11:10:50 UTC with the launch of a three-person crew. Crew members were the Commander Alan L. Bean, Science Pilot Owen K. Garriott and Pilot Jack R. Lousma. During their 59-day stay on the station, crew continued station repairs and conducted various scientific and medical experiments. The mission ended successfully with the splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on September 25, 1973, 22:19:51 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | Mars-5

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 25, 1973, 6:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars orbiter

Mars Orbit
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