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1970s

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  1. 1971

    1. 1971-09-29 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-442 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1971-10-07 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-443 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1971-10-13 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-444/451 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1971-10-14 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-452 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1971-10-17 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the P71-2 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1W. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1971-10-19 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-453 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1971-10-21 launch

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      Thor Delta N6 launched on the ITOS B flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch failure.

    8. 1971-10-23 launch

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

    9. 1971-11-02 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-454 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1971-11-03 launch

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      Titan IIIC launched on the DSCS II 1/2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1971-11-13 orbital insertion

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      Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.

    12. 1971-11-17 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-455 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1971-11-19 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-456 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1971-11-20 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-457 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1971-11-24 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-2 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1971-11-29 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-458 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1971-11-29 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-459 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1971-11-30 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-460 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1971-12-02 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Interkosmos-5 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1971-12-02 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-461 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1971-12-03 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-462 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/20. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1971-12-03 launch failure

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Zenit-2M flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch failure.

    23. 1971-12-04 launch failure

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      Atlas SLV-3A Agena D launched on the AFP-827 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC13. Launch failure.

    24. 1971-12-06 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-463 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1971-12-10 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-464 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1971-12-11 launch

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      Scout B-1 (F) launched on the Ariel 4 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 1971-12-14 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the POPPY 7 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1W. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1971-12-15 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-465 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1971-12-16 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-466 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1971-12-17 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-467 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1971-12-17 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-468 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1971-12-19 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1971-12-20 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3C Centaur launched on the Intelsat 4 F-3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36A. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1971-12-25 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-469 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/19. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1971-12-27 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511M launched on the Kosmos-470 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1971-12-27 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Aureole 1 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1971-12-29 launch

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

  2. 1972

    1. 1972-01-12 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-471 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1972-01-20 launch

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      Titan IIID launched on the HEXAGON SV2 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1972-01-23 launch

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

    4. 1972-01-25 launch

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

    5. 1972-01-31 launch

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

    6. 1972-02-03 launch

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

    7. 1972-02-14 launch

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

    8. 1972-02-16 launch

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

    9. 1972-02-16 launch failure

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

    10. 1972-02-21 landing

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      Moon landing.

    11. 1972-02-25 launch

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

    12. 1972-03-01 launch

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

    13. 1972-03-01 launch

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

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