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Luna | Luna-20

NPO Lavochkin | Russia
Terra Apollonius, Moon
Feb. 22, 1972, 10:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Return flight of Luna 20 from the Moon.

Earth Entry Trajectory
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Titan 33B | Jumpseat 2

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 16, 1972, 9:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Signal intelligence satellite operating from highly elliptic Molniya-type orbits.

Elliptical Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 31

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 16, 1972, 9:30 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | Luna-20

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 14, 1972, 3:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar lander and sample return probe

Lunar Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 25

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 3, 1972, 8:40 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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Thor Delta L | HEOS 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 31, 1972, 5:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

HEOS 2 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft with a highly eccentric orbit whose apogee occurred at high latitude. Its primary scientific mission was the investigation of interplanetary space and the high-latitude magnetosphere and its boundary in the region around the northern neutral point.

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 50

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 25, 1972, 11:15 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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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | INTELSAT IV F4

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 23, 1972, 12:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

Geostationary Orbit
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Titan IIID | KH-9 2

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 20, 1972, 6:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 30

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 12, 1972, 9:59 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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