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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 17

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 25, 1971, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 20

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 24, 1971, 7:59 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.

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Titan IIID | KH-9 1

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 15, 1971, 6:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 5

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 11, 1971, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Thor Burner 2 | SESP 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 8, 1971, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to test an infrared celestial mapping sensor system.

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Soyuz | Soyuz 11

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 6, 1971, 4:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 11 launched on 6 June 1971, 07:55:09 UTC. It carried commander Georgy Dobrovolsky, flight engineer Vladislav Volkov and test engineer Viktor Patsayev to orit. Crew arrived to Salyut-1 space station on 7 June 1971 and remained there until their departure on 30 June. It was the only mission to board the space station. Soyuz 11 returned to Earth on 30 June 1971, 02:16:52 UTC, with mission ending in disaster. During atmospheric re-entry crew capsule depressurised, killing all three crew members.

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Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-K

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 4, 1971, 6:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to study the Earth magnetosphere.

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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Mariner 9

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 30, 1971, 10:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars orbiter designed to map 70% of the Martian surface and study temporal changes in the Martian atmosphere and surface.

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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 9

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 29, 1971, 3:49 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.

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Proton | Mars-3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 28, 1971, 3:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars orbiter and lander

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