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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 11 (23L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 30, 1972, 2:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.

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Molniya-M | Venera-8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 27, 1972, 4:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus lander

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 51

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 25, 1972, 10:39 a.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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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 8

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 25, 1972, 2:20 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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Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5B F2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 24, 1972, 8:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 14

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 22, 1972, 8:30 p.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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Titan 24B | KH-8 34

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 17, 1972, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 2 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 32

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 15, 1972, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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Thor Delta N | TD-1A

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 12, 1972, 1:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

European astrophysical research satellite.

Polar Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 26

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 4, 1972, 10 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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