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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 42

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 22, 1978, 11:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Ekran

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 17, 1978, 8:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta 2914 | ISEE 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 12, 1978, 3:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Astrophysics research satellite. Initially in orbit around L1, then on a heliocentric orbit.

Heliocentric L1
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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Pioneer Venus Multiprobe

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 8, 1978, 7:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Bus carrying one large and three small atmospheric probes which landed on Venus

Venus flyby
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Soyuz U | Progress 3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 7, 1978, 10:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 8

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 5, 1978, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan 34B | Quasar 3

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 5, 1978, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Communication relay satellite for US reconnaissance satellites

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 26

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 27, 1978, 4:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton-K/DM | Raduga 4

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 18, 1978, 9:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite for military and governmental puposes

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 41

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 14, 1978, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite in a highly elliptic orbit

Elliptical Orbit
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