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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 31

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 23, 1970, 1:20 p.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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Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 23, 1970, 12:46 a.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.

Geostationary Orbit
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Titan 23B | KH-8 26

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 15, 1970, 3:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 2 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 4

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 15, 1970, 9 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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Saturn V | Apollo 13

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 11, 1970, 7:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Apollo 13 was the famous mission that never made it to the moon's surface because of a catastrophic malfunction on board, but the astronauts did return safely to the Earth. The mission was commanded by Jim Lovell, the Command Module Pilot was Jack Swigert, and the Lunar Module Pilot was Fred Haise. The mission launched on April 11th, 1970 and the Capsule safely landed in the ocean on April 17th, 1970.

Lunar Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 5

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 11, 1970, 5 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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Titan IIIC | Vela 6A & 6B

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 8, 1970, 10:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Like its predecessor, the Vela, the Advanced Vela series of spacecraft were designed to monitor worldwide compliance with the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 70

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 8, 1970, 10:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus 4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 8, 1970, 8:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Meteorological research and development satellite

Polar Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 6

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 7, 1970, 11:10 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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