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6,410 records

1970s

50 records

  1. 1971

    1. 1971-06-15 launch

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      Titan IIID launched on the HEXAGON SV1 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1971-06-24 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-428 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1971-06-25 launch failure

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

    4. 1971-06-26 launch failure

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      N-1 11A52 launched on the LK flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC110L. Launch failure.

    5. 1971-07-16 launch

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

    6. 1971-07-16 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2H Agena D (?) launched on the OPS 8373 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1W. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1971-07-20 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-429 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1971-07-22 launch failure

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Tselina-OM flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch failure.

    9. 1971-07-23 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-430 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1971-07-26 launch

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      Apollo 15 (July 26 – August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the Apollo program and the fourth Moon landing.

    11. 1971-07-28 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.

    12. 1971-07-30 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-431 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1971-07-30 landing

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      Moon landing.

    14. 1971-08-03 launch failure

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the DS-P1-Yu No. 33 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch failure.

    15. 1971-08-05 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-432 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1971-08-07 launch

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      Atlas F launched on the OV1-20/21 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad BMRSA2. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1971-08-08 launch

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      R-36O 8K69M launched on the Kosmos-433 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC191/66. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1971-08-12 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511L launched on the Kosmos-434 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1971-08-12 launch

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

    20. 1971-08-19 launch failure

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Zenit-2M flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch failure.

    21. 1971-08-27 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-435 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1971-09-02 launch

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      Luna 18, part of the Ye-8-5 series, was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program.

    23. 1971-09-07 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-436 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1971-09-10 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-437 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1971-09-10 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2H Agena D launched on the CORONA 143/1115 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1971-09-14 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-438 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 1971-09-21 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-439 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1971-09-24 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-440 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1971-09-28 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-441 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1971-09-28 launch

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      Luna 19 (a.k.a.

    31. 1971-09-29 launch

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      Thor Delta N launched on the OSO 7 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Partial launch success/failure.

    32. 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.

    33. 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.

    34. 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.

    35. 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.

    36. 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.

    37. 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.

    38. 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.

    39. 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.

    40. 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.

    41. 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.

    42. 1971-11-13 orbital insertion

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      Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.

    43. 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.

    44. 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.

    45. 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.

    46. 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.

    47. 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.

    48. 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.

    49. 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.

    50. 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.

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