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Soyuz U | Progress 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 13, 1979, 4:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | FLTSATCOM 2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 4, 1979, 6:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

FLTSATCOM satellite for US Navy, Air Force and presidential communications

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 27, 1979, 5:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation high resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 7

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 1979, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 5

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 1979, 3:44 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 20, 1979, 11:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 6

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 18, 1979, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 19

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 14, 1979, 5:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 43

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 12, 1979, 12:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 5

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 11, 1979, 9:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

Low Earth Orbit
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