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1970s

50 records

  1. 1976

    1. 1976-06-26 launch

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      Titan IIIC launched on the DSP 6 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1976-06-29 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-835 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1976-06-29 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-836 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1976-07-01 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Kosmos-837 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Partial launch success/failure.

    5. 1976-07-02 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-838 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1976-07-06 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Soyuz-21 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1976-07-08 launch

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      Titan IIID launched on the HEXAGON SV12 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1976-07-08 launch

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      Delta 2914 (C) launched on the Palapa A1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1976-07-08 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-839 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1976-07-14 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-840 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1976-07-15 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-841 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1976-07-20 planetary landing

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      Viking 1 began surface operations in Chryse Planitia.

    13. 1976-07-21 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-842 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1976-07-21 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-843 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1976-07-22 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-844 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1976-07-22 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3D Centaur launched on the Comstar D-2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36B. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1976-07-23 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1976-07-27 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-845 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1976-07-27 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Interkosmos-16 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC107/2. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1976-07-29 launch

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      Delta 2310 launched on the NOAA 5 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1976-07-29 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-846 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1976-08-04 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-847 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1976-08-06 launch

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      Titan 34B launched on the OPS 7940 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1976-08-07 orbital insertion

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      Viking 2 reached Mars orbit before its lander descended the following month.

    25. 1976-08-09 launch

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      Luna 24 was a robotic probe of the Soviet Union's Luna programme.

    26. 1976-08-12 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-848 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 1976-08-18 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-849 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1976-08-18 landing

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      Moon landing.

    29. 1976-08-26 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-850 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1976-08-27 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-851 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1976-08-28 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-852 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1976-08-30 launch

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      Feng Bao 1 launched on the JSSW 701-07 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LA2B. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1976-09-01 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Kosmos-853 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Partial launch success/failure.

    34. 1976-09-03 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-854 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1976-09-03 planetary landing

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      Viking 2 touched down in Utopia Planitia.

    36. 1976-09-11 launch

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      Proton-K/DM launched on the Raduga flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1976-09-15 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Soyuz-22 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 1976-09-15 launch

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

    39. 1976-09-21 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-855 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 1976-09-22 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-856 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 1976-09-24 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-857 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 1976-09-29 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-858 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    43. 1976-10-04 launch failure

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Fram flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch failure.

    44. 1976-10-10 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-859 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 1976-10-14 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Soyuz-23 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 1976-10-14 launch

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      Delta 2914 launched on the Marisat 3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    47. 1976-10-15 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Meteor flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 1976-10-17 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-860 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    49. 1976-10-21 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-861 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 1976-10-22 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-862 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

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