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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 5

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 24, 1977, 7:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIE | Voyager 2

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 20, 1977, 2:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets. Part of the Voyager program, it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1, on a trajectory that took longer to reach Jupiter and Saturn but enabled further encounters with Uranus and Neptune. It is the only spacecraft to have visited either of the ice giants.

Solar Escape Trajectory
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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | HEAO 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 12, 1977, 6:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Observatory satellite dedicated to X-ray and gamma-ray studies

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 10, 1977, 10:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

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Proton | TKS-VA 3 & 4

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 4, 1977, 10 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Reentry capsule of the TKS spacecraft

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Bion 4

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 3, 1977, 2:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Biological research satellite carrying live organisms

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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 79

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 29, 1977, 8 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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Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 27, 1977, 6:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 3

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 23, 1977, 9:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 22, 1977, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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