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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 9 (20L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 16, 1971, 1:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Scout B | Solrad 10

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
July 8, 1971, 10:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to provide continuous coverage of wavelength and intensity changes in solar radiation.

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N1 | Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 26, 1971, 11:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 17

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 25, 1971, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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 20

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 24, 1971, 7:59 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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Titan IIID | KH-9 1

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 15, 1971, 6:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Large reconnaissance satellite equipped with four return capsules.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 5

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 11, 1971, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Thor Burner 2 | SESP 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 8, 1971, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to test an infrared celestial mapping sensor system.

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Soyuz | Soyuz 11

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 6, 1971, 4:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 11 launched on 6 June 1971, 07:55:09 UTC. It carried commander Georgy Dobrovolsky, flight engineer Vladislav Volkov and test engineer Viktor Patsayev to orit. Crew arrived to Salyut-1 space station on 7 June 1971 and remained there until their departure on 30 June. It was the only mission to board the space station. Soyuz 11 returned to Earth on 30 June 1971, 02:16:52 UTC, with mission ending in disaster. During atmospheric re-entry crew capsule depressurised, killing all three crew members.

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Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-K

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 4, 1971, 6:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to study the Earth magnetosphere.

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