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Titan 24B | KH-8 47

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 15, 1976, 6:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 3 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 22

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 15, 1976, 9:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 22 mission began on September 15, 1976, 09:48:30 UTC, launching Commander Yuri Malyshev and Flight Engineer Gennady Strekalov into orbit. The main objective of the mission was Earth observation and imaging, resulting in 2,400 photographs of 30 geographic areas. During their 7-day stay in orbit, crew also conducted several biological experiments. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on September 23, 1976, 07:40:47 UTC.

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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 11, 1976, 6:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 11, 1976, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 66

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 3, 1976, 9:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the Vostok-based Zenit family.

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Scout D-1 | TIP 3

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 1, 1976, 9:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Navigation satellite used as part of the Transit navigation system

Polar Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 1, 1976, 3:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Government communications satellite.

Elliptical Orbit
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Feng Bao 1 | JSSW 3

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 30, 1976, 11:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental Chinese satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 65

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 28, 1976, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the Vostok-based Zenit family.

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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 10

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 27, 1976, 2:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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