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Kosmos-3M | Parus 19

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 7, 1979, 6:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 96

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 1979, 10:45 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-3M | Parus 18

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 21, 1979, 4:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

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Titan IIID | KH-9 15

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 16, 1979, 6:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 169-176

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 15, 1979, 2:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 29

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 14, 1979, 10:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz U | Progress 5

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 12, 1979, 5:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 4

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 1, 1979, 6:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

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Kosmos-3M | AUOS-Z-I-IK 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 27, 1979, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Magnetospheric research satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 9

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 27, 1979, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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