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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 5

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 22, 1976, 3:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 21, 1976, 3:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ASAT satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 15

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 21, 1976, 10:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 13

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 15, 1976, 1:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 69

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 14, 1976, 9 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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Delta 2914 | Palapa A1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 8, 1976, 11:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Indonesia communications satellite

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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 9 (Kosmos-839)

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 8, 1976, 9:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ASAT target satellite

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Titan IIID | KH-9 12

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 8, 1976, 6:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

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Soyuz | Soyuz 21

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 6, 1976, 12:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 21 was the first crewed mission to the Salyut 5 military space station. The mission began on July 6, 1976, 12:08:45 UTC, launching Commander Boris Volynov and Flight Engineer Vitaly Zholobov into orbit. Spacecraft docked with the station on July 7. During their stay on the station, crew conducted scientific experiments, inculding the first use of Kristall furnace for crystal growth, solar observations and experiments of military nature. The mission was expected to last for 60 days, but emergincies occured on the 42nd day, which included shutdown of several onboard systems, oxygen regeneration system among those. Crew restored functionality of the spaceship, but both Volynov and Zholobov's health was deteriorated, and mission had to end early. The mission concluded after 49 days with a rough landing back on Earth on August 24, 1976, 18:32:17 UTC.

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Tsiklon-2 | US-P 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 2, 1976, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean surveillance satellite using passive ELINT devices

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