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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 22

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 2, 1972, 4:39 a.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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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U1-IK 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 30, 1972, 9:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate the ionosphere.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 34

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 25, 1972, 9:10 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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N1 | Soyuz 7K-LOK No.2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 23, 1972, 6:11 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

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

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Scout D-1 | ESRO 4

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 22, 1972, 12:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

European ionospheric and magnetospheric research satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Scout D-1 | SAS 2

Vought | United States of America
Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Nov. 15, 1972, 10:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Small spacecraft designed to perform astronomical studies in the X-ray, gamma-ray, UV, visible and infrared regions.

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 1914 | Anik A1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 10, 1972, 1:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geosynchronous communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Thor Burner 2A | DSAP-5B F3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 9, 1972, 3:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 16

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 3, 1972, 1:34 a.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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 33-40

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 1, 1972, 2:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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