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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 10 (18L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 29, 1971, 10:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Kosmos-3M | Aureole 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 1971, 7 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Joint Soviet-French scientific satellite dedicated to the Earth's upper atmosphere at high latitudes.

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Soyuz 11A511M | Zenit-4MT 1

Energia | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 1971, 2:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 25, 1971, 11:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.

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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | INTELSAT IV F3

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 20, 1971, 1:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 19

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 19, 1971, 10:50 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.

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 17, 1971, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military communications satellite

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 49

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 17, 1971, 10:39 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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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 29

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 16, 1971, 9:39 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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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 9

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 15, 1971, 4:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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