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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 52

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 11, 1972, 11:04 a.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 | Energiya 1

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 7, 1972, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate primary cosmic radiation and meteoritic particles.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 27

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 6, 1972, 8 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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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 20

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 4, 1972, 8:38 p.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.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 33

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 3, 1972, 10:15 a.m.
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.

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Molniya-M | Venera-9a

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 31, 1972, 4:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Venus lander

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 11 (23L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 30, 1972, 2:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Molniya-M | Venera-8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 27, 1972, 4:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus lander

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 51

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 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.

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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 25, 1972, 2:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.

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