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Atlas F/OIS | Solwind

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 24, 1979, 8:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental scientific satellite dedicated to solar wind

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 28

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 22, 1979, 12:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 21, 1979, 7:49 a.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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Mu-3C | Hakucho

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Feb. 21, 1979, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese astronomical science satellite

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Scout D-1 | SAGE

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Feb. 18, 1979, 4:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Stratospheric research satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 95

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 16, 1979, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 18

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 13, 1979, 9:41 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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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-E 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 12, 1979, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental ocean-monitoring satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 10

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 8, 1979, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

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N-I | Ayame

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 6, 1979, 8:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Japanese experimental communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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