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Saturn V | Apollo 17

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 7, 1972, 5:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Apollo 17 was the final mission of the Apollo program. The craft was crewed by Commander Eugene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt & Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans. The mission lasted for 12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes and 59 seconds during which time Cernan & Schmitt spent 3 days on lunar surface completing three moonwalks to collect lunar samples and install scientific instruments on the surface. Apollo 17 was the last time human beings have gone beyond Low Earth Orbit.

Lunar Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 22

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 2, 1972, 4:39 a.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.

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U1-IK 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 30, 1972, 9:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate the ionosphere.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 34

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 25, 1972, 9:10 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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N1 | Soyuz 7K-LOK No.2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 23, 1972, 6:11 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Scout D-1 | ESRO 4

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 22, 1972, 12:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

European ionospheric and magnetospheric research satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Scout D-1 | SAS 2

Vought | United States of America
Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Nov. 15, 1972, 10:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Small spacecraft designed to perform astronomical studies in the X-ray, gamma-ray, UV, visible and infrared regions.

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 1914 | Anik A1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 10, 1972, 1:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geosynchronous communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Thor Burner 2A | DSAP-5B F3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 9, 1972, 3:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 16

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 3, 1972, 1:34 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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