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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 6

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 17, 1972, 7:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 0300 | NOAA 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 15, 1972, 5:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Meteorological satellite using radiometric imaging

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 21

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 14, 1972, 6:16 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 58

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 11, 1972, 1:19 p.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 IIID | KH-9 4

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 10, 1972, 6:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 57

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 5, 1972, 11:30 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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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 43

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 4, 1972, noon
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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Atlas Burner 2 | Radcat

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 2, 1972, 8:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Cylindrical satellite used to calibrate optical and radar ground equipment.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-2 3

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 30, 1972, 8:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Government communications satellite.

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 6

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 29, 1972, 8:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ASAT target satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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