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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 145-152

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 7, 1978, 10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 40

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 2, 1978, 12:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 27, 1978, 1:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 89

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 25, 1978, 2:30 p.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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Kosmos-3M | Parus 15

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 23, 1978, 4:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 23, 1978, 7:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Pioneer Venus Orbiter

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 20, 1978, 1:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus orbiter carrying 17 expriments

Venus Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 9

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 19, 1978, 12:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ASAT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 37

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 17, 1978, 2:39 p.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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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 16

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 16, 1978, 10:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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