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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 3, 1977, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 11

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 26, 1977, 9:18 p.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.

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N-I | Kiku 2

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 23, 1977, 8:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese experimental geostationary satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 74

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 22, 1977, 9:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 21, 1977, 5:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Mu-3H | Tansei-3

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Feb. 19, 1977, 5:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese satellite used to test the new Mu-3H launch vehicle, experiment magnetic stabilization and ovserve UV radiation

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Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-IK GVM

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 15, 1977, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mass model of the DS-U2-IK (Interkosmos 3) research satellite

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Molniya-M | Molniya-2 17

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 11, 1977, 2:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Government communications satellite.

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 73

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 9, 1977, 11:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 24

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 7, 1977, 4:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 24 was the last crewed flight to the Salyut 5 military space station. The mission began on February 7, 1977, 16:11 UTC, launching Commander Viktor Gorbatko and Flight Engineer Yuri Glazkov into orbit. They docked with the station the next day, where they partially replaced station's atmosphere, as it was presumed that toxic fumes contributed to deteriorated health of the Soyuz 21 crew. Gorbatko and Glazkov fininshed the research started by the previous expedition. This was the final flight to a military Salyut station and the final all-military crew to be launched by Soviets. Soyuz 24 returned to Earth with a safe landing on February 25, 1977, 09:38 UTC.

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