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Diamant B | Castor & Pollux

Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
May 21, 1973, 8:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Dual French scientific satellites. Lost due to launch vehicle failure.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 13

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 18, 1973, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 62

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 17, 1973, 1:19 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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Titan 24B | KH-8 38

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 16, 1973, 4:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 3 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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Saturn V | Skylab 1

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 14, 1973, 5:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Proton | Salyut-3a

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 11, 1973, 12:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third Salyut space station launched. Lost due to uncontrolled engines firing, called Kosmos-557 in an attempt to hide its true nature.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 12

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 5, 1973, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 37

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 25, 1973, 10:45 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 5

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 1973, 9:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 1914 | Anik A2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 20, 1973, 11:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geosynchronous communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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