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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 7

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 12, 1970, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout B | Uhuru

Vought | United States of America
Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Dec. 12, 1970, 10:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Small satellite designed to survey the celestial sphere and search for sources of X-ray, gamma-ray, UV and other spectral regions.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta N6 | NOAA 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 11, 1970, 11:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Sun-synchronous meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 15

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 10, 1970, 11:10 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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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 4

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 3, 1970, 1:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | L1E 2K

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 2, 1970, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellites designed to test the L1 and Blok-D systems for lunar missions.

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Ionosfernaya Stantsiya 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 2, 1970, 4 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ionospheric topside sounder

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | OAO B

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 30, 1970, 10:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Astronomical observatory. Mission failed when the payload shroud of the launch vehicle failed to separate.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 16

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 27, 1970, 3:47 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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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 37

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 24, 1970, 10:59 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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