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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 19

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 15, 1975, 12:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 19 was a part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which was the first joint US-Soviet space flight. The Soviet side of mission began on July 15, 1975, 12:20:00 UTC, launching Commander Alexey Leonov and Flight Engineer Valeri Kubasov into orbit. Two days later, they docked with the Apollo spacecraft. American and Soviet crews visited each other's spacecrafts, performed docking and redocking maneuvers, conducted joint scientific experiments, exchanged flags and gifts. Crews spent more than 44 hours together, and after final parting of the ships Soviet crew spent five more days in orbit. Soyuz 19 returned to Earth with a safe landing on July 21, 1975, 10:50:00 UTC.

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 1

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 11, 1975, 4:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

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Molniya-M | Molniya-2 13

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 8, 1975, 5:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Government communications satellite.

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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 27

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 4, 1975, 12:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Tselina-O (11F616) was one component of two-satellite Tselina ELINT satellite system. Tselina-O provided general ELINT surveillance to be examined in detail by the larger Tselina-D satellites.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 46

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 3, 1975, 1:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 58

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 27, 1975, 1 p.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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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 45

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 25, 1975, 12:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 77

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 24, 1975, 12:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

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Delta 1910 | OSO 8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 21, 1975, 11:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Solar observatory satellite

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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 7

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 20, 1975, 6:54 a.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.

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