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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 4

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 1, 1979, 6:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

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Kosmos-3M | AUOS-Z-I-IK 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 27, 1979, 5 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Magnetospheric research satellite

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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 9

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 27, 1979, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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Soyuz-U | Soyuz 32

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 25, 1979, 11:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 32 was the seventh mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the EO-3 expedition, which was the third long-duration crew for the station. The mission began on February 25, 1979, 11:53:49 UTC, launching Commander Vladimir Lyakhov and Flight Engineer Valery Ryumin into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 175-day stay on the station, EO-3 crew conducted various scientific experiments, performed an EVA and were visited by three uncrewed Progress cargo spacecrafts and an uncrewed Soyuz 34. Soyuz 32 crew returned to Earth in Soyuz 34 spacecraft, while their own spacecraft returned uncrewed several days later. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on August 19, 1979, 12:29:26 UTC.

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Atlas F/OIS | Solwind

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 24, 1979, 8:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental scientific satellite dedicated to solar wind

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 28

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 22, 1979, 12:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 21, 1979, 7:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ekran was a Soviet series of geostationary satellites which were the first in the world to provide Direct-To-Home TV service.

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Mu-3C | Hakucho

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Feb. 21, 1979, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Japanese astronomical science satellite

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Scout D-1 | SAGE

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Feb. 18, 1979, 4:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Stratospheric research satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 95

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 16, 1979, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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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