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R-36O 8K69M | OGCh 23

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 25, 1970, 2:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Missile equipped with the 8F021 warhead

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Mu-4S | MS-F1

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Sept. 25, 1970, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

First Japanese scientific satellite

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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 3

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 22, 1970, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Luna | Luna-16

NPO Lavochkin | Russia
Mare Fecunditatis, Moon
Sept. 21, 1970, 7:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Return flight of Luna 16 from the Moon.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 11

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 17, 1970, 8:10 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.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 9

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 16, 1970, 11:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Proton | Luna-16

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 12, 1970, 1:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar lander and sample return probe

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 6

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 8, 1970, 10:30 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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Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-5A F2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 3, 1970, 8:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

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Black Arrow | X-2

Royal Aircraft Establishment | United Kingdom
RAAF Woomera Range Complex
Sept. 2, 1970, 12:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Uninstrumented spherical satellite meant to enable atmospheric density measurements by observing its orbital decay. It was destroyed in the failure of the first Black Arrow orbital launch failure.

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