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Delta 2913 | Lageos 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 4, 1976, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High density geodesy research satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Atlas F/MSD | Parcae 1A,B,C & MSD 1

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 30, 1976, 7:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Parcae 1A, B and C were passive ELINT satellites. MSD 1 was a dispenser of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

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

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 28, 1976, 1:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Taifun-2 satellite used to release up to 24 subsatellites for radar and sensor calibration

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 58

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 28, 1976, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 2914 | NATO 3A

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 22, 1976, 8:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite providing links between officials of the various NATO nations.

Geostationary Orbit
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Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 13, 1976, 5:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation ASAT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 66

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 9, 1976, 8:30 a.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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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 24 (37L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 7, 1976, 1:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 31

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 6, 1976, 4:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Tselina-O (11F616) was one component of two-satellite Tselina ELINT satellite system. Tselina-O provided general ELINT surveillance to be examined in detail by the larger Tselina-D satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz 11A511M | Zenit-4MT 10

Energia | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 1976, 12:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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