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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 25

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 14, 1973, 8:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Elliptical Orbit
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Titan IIID | KH-9 7

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 10, 1973, 8:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 17

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 10, 1973, 12:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Delta 0300 | NOAA 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 6, 1973, 5:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Meteorological satellite using radiometric imaging

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Mariner 10

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 3, 1973, 5:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus and Mercury fly-by probe

Mercury flyby
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Molniya-M | US-K 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 2, 1973, 1:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early warning satellite

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Bion 1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 31, 1973, 6:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Biological research satellite carrying live organisms

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-IK 4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 30, 1973, 7 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate the charged particle flows and ionosphere.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout A-1 | Transit-O 20

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 30, 1973, 12:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.

Polar Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 5

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 29, 1973, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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