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Tsiklon-2 | I2P 8

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 3, 1971, 1:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 24

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 3, 1971, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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-3M | DS-U2-MT

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 2, 1971, 5:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Research satellite dedicated to micrometeroids and gamma ray astronomy.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-IK 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Dec. 2, 1971, 8:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate the charged particle flows and ionosphere.

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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 13

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 30, 1971, 4:39 p.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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Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 5

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 29, 1971, 5:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ASAT target satellite

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 48

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 29, 1971, 10:09 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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Molniya-M | Molniya-2 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 24, 1971, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Government communications satellite.

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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 7

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 20, 1971, 6 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 26

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 19, 1971, noon
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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