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Thor Delta M | Skynet IB

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 19, 1970, 12:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First generation satellite providing communications for the British armed forces.

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Titan 23B | KH-8 28

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 18, 1970, 2:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 2 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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Molniya-M | Venera-7

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 17, 1970, 5:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus lander

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-MG 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 10, 1970, 7:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate the magnetic field of the Earth.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 76

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 7, 1970, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-IK 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Aug. 7, 1970, 2:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate the charged particle flows and ionosphere.

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R-36O 8K69 | R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 22

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 28, 1970, 10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Missile equipped with the 8F021 warhead

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Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 23, 1970, 11:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Intelsat 3 spacecraft were used to relay commercial global telecommunications including live TV. Three of the 8 satellites in the series (F1, F5, F8) were unusable due to launch vehicle failures, and most of the remainder did not achieve their desired lifetimes.

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Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 11

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 23, 1970, 1:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4B (Keyhole-4B) was sixth optical reconnaissance satellite version in the Corona-program.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 75

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 21, 1970, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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