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Voskhod | Zenit-4 71

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 20, 1970, 9:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2 81

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 12, 1970, 10:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 4 (13L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 28, 1970, 10:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 1-8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 25, 1970, 5:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U1-R

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
April 24, 1970, 10:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to study spectral ranges in the Earth's atmosphere

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Long March 1 | Dong Fang Hong 1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 24, 1970, 1:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dong Fang Hong 1 (DFH-1) was the first Chinese satellite. This was the first satellite launched by China on its own booster, making China the fifth nation to put a spacecraft into orbit using its own rocket. The satellite was developed under the direction of Tsien Hsue-Shen, dean of the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST). The experimental satellite was a nearly spherically shaped symmetrical 72-faced polyhedron with a 1-meter diameter. It was battery-powered and carried a radio transmitter. The primary mission was to broadcast the song "Dong Fang Hong", paying tribute to Chairman Mao, and to announce the time. A total of five identical satellites were built to have backups in case of launch failures. The first satellite launched successfully.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 31

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 23, 1970, 1:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 23, 1970, 12:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Intelsat 3 spacecraft were used to relay commercial global telecommunications including live TV. Three of the 8 satellites in the series (F1, F5, F8) were unusable due to launch vehicle failures, and most of the remainder did not achieve their desired lifetimes.

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Titan 23B | KH-8 26

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 15, 1970, 3:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 2 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 4

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 15, 1970, 9 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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