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Atlas F/MSD | Parcae 2A,B,C & MSD 2

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 8, 1977, 5:45 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit

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Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 8, 1977, 11 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Taifun-2 satellite used to release up to 24 subsatellites for radar and sensor calibration

Low Earth Orbit

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Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 7

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 4, 1977, noon

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

High-resolution film-return Zenit reconnaissance satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 3

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 29, 1977, 7:05 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

Low Earth Orbit

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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 17

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 24, 1977, 2:30 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.

Low Earth Orbit

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Delta 2914 | Meteosat 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 23, 1977, 1:35 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

European meteorological satellite

Geostationary Orbit

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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 24

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 28, 1977, 4 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.

Low Earth Orbit

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Scout D-1 | Transat O-11

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 28, 1977, 4:52 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Transat (Translation Satellite) was the Transit-O 11 satellite, modified to serve a dual role in both the Transit navigation system and the experimental SATRACK (Satellite Tracking) system.

Polar Orbit

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