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Kosmos-3M | Parus 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1974, 11:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Proton | Salyut-4

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 26, 1974, 4:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth operational Salyut space station

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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 24, 1974, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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Molniya-M | Molniya-2 11

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 21, 1974, 2:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Government communications satellite.

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Delta 2914 | Symphonie 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 19, 1974, 2:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

French-German geostationary communications satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 25

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 18, 1974, 2:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Tselina-O (11F616) was one component of two-satellite Tselina ELINT satellite system. Tselina-O provided general ELINT surveillance to be examined in detail by the larger Tselina-D satellites.

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 20 (32L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 17, 1974, 11:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.

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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 13, 1974, 1:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Titan IIIE | Helios-A

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 10, 1974, 7:11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Helios-A and Helios-B (also known as Helios 1 and Helios 2), are a pair of probes launched into heliocentric orbit for the purpose of studying solar processes. A joint venture of West Germany's space agency DFVLR (70% share) and NASA (30%), the probes were launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on December 10, 1974, and January 15, 1976, respectively. Built by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm as the main contractor, they were the first spaceprobes built outside the United States or Soviet Union.

Heliocentric N/A
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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 16

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 2, 1974, 9:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 16 was a crewed test flight in a preparation for a joint Soviet-US space flight. The mission began on December 2, 1974, 09:40:00 UTC, with a launch of commander Anatoly Filipchenko and flight engineer Nikolai Rukavishnikov into orbit. During their 6-day stay in orbit, crew tested various new and improved systems and elements, including the new docking system. Soyuz 16 ended on December 8, 1974, 08:03:35 UTC with a successful landing.

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