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Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 23, 1970, 11:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Intelsat 3 spacecraft were used to relay commercial global telecommunications including live TV. Three of the 8 satellites in the series (F1, F5, F8) were unusable due to launch vehicle failures, and most of the remainder did not achieve their desired lifetimes.

Geostationary Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 11

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 23, 1970, 1:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4B (Keyhole-4B) was sixth optical reconnaissance satellite version in the Corona-program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 75

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 21, 1970, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 10

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 9, 1970, 1:35 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 74

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 7, 1970, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 27, 1970, 4:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 34

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 27, 1970, 7:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 9

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 26, 1970, noon
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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 14

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 26, 1970, 3:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Elliptical Orbit
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Titan 23B | KH-8 27

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 25, 1970, 2:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 2 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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