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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 31

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 18, 1974, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Scout B-1 | Ariel 5

Vought | United States of America
Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Oct. 15, 1974, 7:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 5 was a joint British and American space telescope which monitored the sky in the X-ray band.

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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 11, 1974, 11:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

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Delta 2914 | Westar 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 10, 1974, 10:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

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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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