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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 5 (17L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 23, 1970, 2:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Aquacade 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 19, 1970, 11:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary signals intelligence satellite (TELINT).

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 73

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 17, 1970, 12:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-GK 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 13, 1970, 4:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-U2-GK satellites were Soviet geophysical research satellites launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 33

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
June 12, 1970, 9:30 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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Europa I | STV 3 (ELDO F9)

European Launcher Development Organisation | France
RAAF Woomera Range Complex
June 12, 1970, 1:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

STV (Satellite Test Vehicle) was a series of vehicle evaluation payloads built for the test flights of the Europa-1 rocket.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 72

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 10, 1970, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Soyuz | Soyuz 9

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 1, 1970, 7 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 9 carried cosmonauts Andrian Nikolayev & Vitali Sevastyanov to orbit. The mission lasted 17 days, 16 hours & 58 minutes completing 288 orbits around Earth. They broke the endurance record held by Gemini 7 for 5 years. This was the first crewed space launch that lifted off at night. As of 2016 it still holds the record for longest crewed flight by a solo spacecraft. The goal of the mission was to conduct various pysiological and biomedical experiments on themselves and invastigate possible social implications of extended duration spaceflight.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 32

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 22, 1970, 12:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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

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Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 10

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 20, 1970, 9:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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