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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 39

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 11, 1979, 3:41 p.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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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 31

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 10, 1979, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 6

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
July 6, 1979, 8:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Taifun-2 satellite used to release up to 24 subsatellites for radar and sensor calibration

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 5, 1979, 11:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 9

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 29, 1979, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 20

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 28, 1979, 8:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress 7

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 28, 1979, 9:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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


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Molniya-M | US-K 11

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 27, 1979, 6:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Atlas F | NOAA 6

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 27, 1979, 3:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation LEO meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 10

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 22, 1979, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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