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Saturn IB | Skylab 4
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 16, 1973, 2:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Skylab 4 (also known as SL-4 or SLM-3) was the third and the last crewed mission to the first US orbital space station Skylab. The mission began on November 16, 1973, 14:01:23 UTC with the launch of a three-person crew. Crew members were the Commander Gerald P. Carr, Science Pilot Edward G. Gibson and William R. Pogue. During their 83-day stay on the station, crew performed Earth and solar observations. The mission ended successfully with the splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on February 8, 1974, 15:16:53 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
Molniya-M | Molniya-1 25
Russian Space Forces | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 14, 1973, 8:40 p.m.
Titan IIID | KH-9 7
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 10, 1973, 8:12 p.m.
Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 17
Soviet Space Program | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 10, 1973, 12:38 p.m.
Delta 0300 | NOAA 3
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 6, 1973, 5:02 p.m.
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Mariner 10
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 3, 1973, 5:45 a.m.
Molniya-M | US-K 2
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 2, 1973, 1:01 p.m.
Soyuz U | Bion 1
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 31, 1973, 6:24 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-IK 4
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 30, 1973, 7 p.m.
Scout A-1 | Transit-O 20
Vought | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 30, 1973, 12:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.
Polar Orbit
