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Titan 34B | Quasar 3

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 5, 1978, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Communication relay satellite for US reconnaissance satellites

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 26

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 27, 1978, 4:49 a.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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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 4

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 18, 1978, 9:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 41

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 14, 1978, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Delta 2914 | Geos 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 14, 1978, 10:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

European geostationary research satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 7, 1978, 11:26 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Soyuz U | Energiya 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 2, 1978, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate primary cosmic radiation and meteoritic particles.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Comstar 1C

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 29, 1978, 10:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Company

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 28, 1978, 5:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-D ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | US-K 9

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 28, 1978, 2:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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