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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 30, 1977, 9:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Intelsat-4A 5

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 30, 1977, 1:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

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Proton | Salyut-6

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 29, 1977, 6:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Sixth operational Salyut space station

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Kosmos-3M | AUOS-Z-R-E-IK 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 24, 1977, 4:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Scientific satellite dedicated to energetic particles and micrometeorites

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Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 24, 1977, 10:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-D ELINT satellite

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Titan 24B | KH-8 49

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 23, 1977, 6:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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Molniya-M | Prognoz-6

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 22, 1977, 12:51 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Prognoz is a series of research satellites to study solar activity and its influence on Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere.

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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 20, 1977, 5:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 13

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 20, 1977, 1 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.

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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 15

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 18, 1977, 1:48 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.

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