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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Poppy 9A,B,C,D

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 14, 1971, 12:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

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Scout B-1 | Ariel 4

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 11, 1971, 8:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ariel is a series of British research satellites. Ariel 4 primary mission was to study ionosphere.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 28

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 10, 1971, 11 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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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 27

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 6, 1971, 9:50 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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Diamant B | Polaire

Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 5, 1971, 4:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Satellite similar to Tournesol (detect the presence of hydrogen in several directions of the celestial sphere) but in a more polar orbit. It failed to reach orbit.

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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 4

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 4, 1971, 10:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Canyon was the first series of NRO's near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO's Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT).

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Tsiklon-2 | I2P 8

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 3, 1971, 1:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 24

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 3, 1971, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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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Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-MT

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 2, 1971, 5:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Research satellite dedicated to micrometeroids and gamma ray astronomy.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-IK 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Dec. 2, 1971, 8:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate the charged particle flows and ionosphere.

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