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Titan 23B | KH-8 30

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 21, 1971, 6:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 2 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 16

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 21, 1971, 8:40 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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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 7 (19L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 20, 1971, 11:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 10

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 14, 1971, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 10

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 12, 1971, 9:30 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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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 17

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 25, 1970, 3:50 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 | DS-P1-M 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 22, 1970, 9:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

ASAT target satellite

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Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 1

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 18, 1970, 4:15 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.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 38

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 18, 1970, 9:39 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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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 7

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 16, 1970, 4:29 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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