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6,209 matching records

1. 1972 54 years ago

   Intelsat 4 F-4 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Intelsat 4 F-4

   • Space transportation

   Atlas SLV-3C Centaur launched on the Intelsat 4 F-4 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36B. Launch vehicle success.

2. 1972 54 years ago

   Kosmos-472 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-472

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-472 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

3. 1972 54 years ago

   HEOS 2 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: HEOS 2

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta L launched on the HEOS 2 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

4. 1972 54 years ago

   Kosmos-473 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-473

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-473 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

5. 1972 54 years ago

   Luna-20 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Luna-20

   • Space transportation

   Luna 20 was the second of three successful Soviet lunar sample return missions.

6. 1972 54 years ago

   Kosmos-474 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-474

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-474 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

7. 1972 54 years ago

   OPS 1844 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: OPS 1844

   • Space transportation

   Titan 33B launched on the OPS 1844 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch failure.

8. 1972 54 years ago

   Kosmos-475 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-475

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-475 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

9. 1972 54 years ago

   DSP 3 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: DSP 3

   • Space transportation

   Titan IIIC launched on the DSP 3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

10. 1972 54 years ago

    Kosmos-476 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-476

    • Space transportation

    Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-476 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

11. 1972 54 years ago

    Pioneer 10 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Pioneer 10

    • Space transportation

    Pioneer 10 (originally designated Pioneer F) is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter.

12. 1972 54 years ago

    Kosmos-477 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-477

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-477 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

13. 1972 54 years ago

    TD-1A — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: TD-1A

    • Space transportation

    Thor Delta N launched on the TD-1A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

14. 1972 54 years ago

    Kosmos-478 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-478

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-478 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

15. 1972 54 years ago

    KH-8A — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: KH-8A

    • Space transportation

    Titan 24B launched on the KH-8A flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch vehicle success.

16. 1972 54 years ago

    Kosmos-479 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-479

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-479 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

17. 1972 54 years ago

    Kosmos-480 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-480

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-480 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

18. 1972 54 years ago

    Kosmos-481 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-481

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-481 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

19. 1972 54 years ago

    Venera-8 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Venera-8

    • Space transportation

    Venera 8 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus and was the second robotic space probe to conduct a successful landing on the surface of Venus.

20. 1972 54 years ago

    Meteor — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Meteor

    • Space transportation

    Vostok 8A92M launched on the Meteor flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.