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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 10

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 8, 1973, 1:50 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.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 55

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 6, 1973, 10:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 41

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 30, 1973, 10:30 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.

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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 24

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 30, 1973, 12:07 a.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.

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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 20

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 28, 1973, 10:08 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.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 54

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 24, 1973, 10:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | INTELSAT IV F7

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 23, 1973, 10:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 64

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 22, 1973, 11:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

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Titan 33B | Jumpseat 3

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 21, 1973, 4:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Signal intelligence satellite operating from highly elliptic Molniya-type orbits.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 53

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 21, 1973, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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