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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 27

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 20, 1974, 8:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Elliptical Orbit
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Delta 2914 | Westar 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 13, 1974, 11:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

Geostationary Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 23

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 12, 1974, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 46

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 11, 1974, 12:22 p.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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIID | KH-9 8

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 10, 1974, 8:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 22

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 4, 1974, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Kosmos 638

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 3, 1974, 7:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Proton-K/DM | Raduga-GVM

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 26, 1974, 1:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mass model of the Raduga communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 21

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 20, 1974, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5B F5

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 16, 1974, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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