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Molniya-M | US-K 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 2, 1973, 1:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Bion 1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 31, 1973, 6:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Biological research satellite carrying live organisms

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Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-IK 4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 30, 1973, 7 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate the charged particle flows and ionosphere.

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Scout A-1 | Transit-O 20

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 30, 1973, 12:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.

Polar Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 5

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 29, 1973, 2 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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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 58

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 27, 1973, 11:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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Delta 1604 | IMP 8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 26, 1973, 2:26 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Earth-orbiting satellite designed to study interplanetary and outer magnetospheric regions.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 16

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 20, 1973, 10:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Molniya-M | Molniya-2 7

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 19, 1973, 10:26 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Government communications satellite.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 65

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 16, 1973, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

Low Earth Orbit
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