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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 11

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 17, 1970, 8:10 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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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 9

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 16, 1970, 11:59 a.m.
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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Proton | Luna-16

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 12, 1970, 1:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar lander and sample return probe

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 6

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 8, 1970, 10:30 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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Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-5A F2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 3, 1970, 8:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military meteorological satellite

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Black Arrow | X-2

Royal Aircraft Establishment | United Kingdom
RAAF Woomera Range Complex
Sept. 2, 1970, 12:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Uninstrumented spherical satellite meant to enable atmospheric density measurements by observing its orbital decay. It was destroyed in the failure of the first Black Arrow orbital launch failure.

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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 3

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 1, 1970, 1 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Canyon was the first series of NRO's near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO's Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT).

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 5

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 29, 1970, 8:30 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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Scout A | Transit-O 19

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 27, 1970, 1:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.

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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Strawman 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 26, 1970, 10:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Strawman series of ELINT/SIGINT satellites, known for decades only as "Heavy Ferrets", are the fourth variation of Agena-based ELINT satellites. These satellites were designed to detect, map and investigate SAM and ABM radars.

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