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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 54

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 17, 1975, 9 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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Soyuz | Soyuz 17

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 10, 1975, 9:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 17 was the first of two long-duration missions to the Salyut-4 space station. The mission began on January 10, 1975, 21:43:37 UTC, launching commander Aleksei Gubarev and flight engineer Georgi Grechko into orbit. Spacecraft was manually docked with the station on January 12. During their stay on the station, crew performed an array of astrophysical experiments, including studying the Sun, planets and the stars in a wide electromagnetic spectrum. The mission concluded after 29 days with a safe landing back on Earth on February 9, 1975, 11:03:22 UTC.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 34

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 27, 1974, 9:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Kosmos-3M | Parus 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1974, 11:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Proton | Salyut-4

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 26, 1974, 4:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Fourth operational Salyut space station

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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 24, 1974, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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Molniya-M | Molniya-2 11

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 21, 1974, 2:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Government communications satellite.

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Delta 2914 | Symphonie 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 19, 1974, 2:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

French-German geostationary communications satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 25

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 18, 1974, 2:11 p.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.

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 20 (32L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 17, 1974, 11:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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