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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 18

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 21, 1978, 9:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 2914 | GOES 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 16, 1978, 10:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 29

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 15, 1978, 8:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 29 was the fourth mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the the EO-2 expedition, which was the second long-duration crew for the station. The mission began on June 15, 1978, 20:16:45 UTC, launching Commander Vladimir Kovalyonok and Flight Engineer Aleksandr Ivanchenkov into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 136-day stay on the station, EO-2 crew conducted various scientific experiments, performed an EVA and were visited by three uncrewed Progress cargo spacecrafts and two visiting crews, Soyuz 30 and Soyuz 31. EO-2 crew swapped the vehicles with the Soyuz 31 crew, and returned to Earth in Soyuz 31 spacecraft. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on November 2, 1978, 11:05:00 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIID | KH-11 2

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 14, 1978, 6:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-11 reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 18

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 12, 1978, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIC | Chalet 8

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 10, 1978, 7:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT satellite focussed on communications intelligence

Medium Earth Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 17

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 10, 1978, 8:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 145-152

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 7, 1978, 10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 40

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 2, 1978, 12:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 27, 1978, 1:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.

Geostationary Orbit
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