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Thor Burner 2A | DSAP-5B F3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 9, 1972, 3:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 16

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 3, 1972, 1:34 a.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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 33-40

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 1, 1972, 2:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 9

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 31, 1972, 1:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 13 (25L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 26, 1972, 10:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 59

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 25, 1972, 10:39 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-2M 33

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 18, 1972, 11:59 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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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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