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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 16

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 25, 1977, 11 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 7

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 23, 1977, 6:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Canyon was the first series of NRO's near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO's Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT).

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 5

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 23, 1977, 12:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ASAT satellite

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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 11

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 19, 1977, 4:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ASAT target satellite

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 78

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 17, 1977, 10:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the Vostok-based Zenit family.

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Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 7 & 8

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 12, 1977, 2:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellites designed to provide secure voice and data communications for the US military.

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 77

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 5, 1977, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the Vostok-based Zenit family.

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Molniya-M | Molniya-3 19L

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 28, 1977, 9:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Molniya communication satellites operating from a highly elliptical orbit

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Kosmos-3M | ER763-4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
April 27, 1977, 3:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mass model launched as payload substitute

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Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 6

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 26, 1977, 2:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite

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