Russian Space Forces
| Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation Nov. 27, 1970, 3:47 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.
Soviet Space Program
| Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan Nov. 11, 1970, 9:20 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.
Vought
| United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA Nov. 9, 1970, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Life-science satellite carrying two bullfrogs and measuring their bioelectric action potential during weightlessness and gravity stimulus obtained by activation of a centrifuge.