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Titan IIIE | Helios-B

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 15, 1976, 5:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Helios-A and Helios-B (also known as Helios 1 and Helios 2), are a pair of probes launched into heliocentric orbit for the purpose of studying solar processes. A joint venture of West Germany's space agency DFVLR (70% share) and NASA (30%), the probes were launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on December 10, 1974, and January 15, 1976, respectively. Built by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm as the main contractor, they were the first spaceprobes built outside the United States or Soviet Union.

Heliocentric N/A
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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 54

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 7, 1976, 3:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 29

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 6, 1976, 4:52 a.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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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 15L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 1975, 10:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 23 (38L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 25, 1975, 7 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 1

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 22, 1975, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | Prognoz-4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 22, 1975, 2:08 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.

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 7

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 19, 1975, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

ASAT target satellite

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Molniya-M | Molniya-2 15

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 17, 1975, 11:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Government communications satellite.

Elliptical Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 53

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 16, 1975, 9:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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