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Kosmos-3M | Parus 7

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 28, 1976, 7:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 17L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 28, 1976, 6:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 27, 1976, 12:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ASAT satellite

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Titan IIID | KH-11 1

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 19, 1976, 6:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-11 reconnaissance satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 17, 1976, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Taifun-2 satellite used to release up to 24 subsatellites for radar and sensor calibration

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 71

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 17, 1976, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the Vostok-based Zenit family.

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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 15, 1976, 1:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

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Proton | TKS-VA 1 & 2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 15, 1976, 1:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Reentry capsule of the TKS spacecraft

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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 10

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 9, 1976, 8 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ASAT target satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 73

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 9, 1976, 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.

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