Spacecrafts launched in 1970

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The 142 spacecrafts launched in 1970 :
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1)	Kosmos 318 / Zenit-2M	2)	Titan Samos 25 / KH-8 25 GAMBIT	3)	Intelsat 3F	4)	Kosmos 319 / DS-P1-Yu 25
5)	Kosmos 320 / DS-MO 3	6)	Kosmos 321 / DS-U2-MG 1	7)	Kosmos 322 / Zenit-4	8)	ITOS I / Tiros M
9)	AustraliS-OSCAR 5 (AO-5)	10)	Kosmos / DS-P1-I 6	11)	SERT II	12)	Luna
13)	Kosmos 323 / Zenit-4	14)	Osumi	15)	P-35-23 / DAPP 1524	16)	Molniya 1-13
17)	Kosmos 324 / DS-P1-Yu 32	18)	Kosmos 325 /Zenit-2 73	19)	Discoverer 132 / KH-4B	20)	Hitchhiker 26
21)	Dial	22)	Mika	23)	Kosmos 326 / Zenit-2 74	24)	Meteor 1-3
25)	Kosmos 327 / DS-P1-I 8	26)	NATO 1 / NATO 2A	27)	Kosmos 328 / Zenit-4MK	28)	Kosmos 329 / Zenit-2M
29)	Kosmos 330 / Tselina-O	30)	Nimbus 4	31)	TOPO 1	32)	Kosmos 331 / Zenit-4
33)	Vela Hotel 11 / Vela 6A	34)	Vela Hotel 12 / Vela 6B	35)	Kosmos 332 / Tsiklon	36)	Apollo 13 Odyssey
37)	Apollo 13 Aquarius	38)	Kosmos 333 / Zenit-4M	39)	Titan Samos 26 / KH-8 26 GAMBIT	40)	Intelsat 3G
41)	Kosmos 334 / DS-P1-Yu 31	42)	DFH-1 / Chinasat 1	43)	Kosmos 335 / DS-U1-R 1	44)	Kosmos 336 / Strela-1M
45)	Kosmos 337 / Strela-1M	46)	Kosmos 338 / Strela-1M	47)	Kosmos 339 / Strela-1M	48)	Kosmos 340 / Strela-1M
49)	Kosmos 341 / Strela-1M	50)	Kosmos 342 / Strela-1M	51)	Kosmos 343 / Strela-1M	52)	Meteor 1-4
53)	Kosmos 344 / Zenit-2 81	54)	Kosmos 345 / Zenit-4	55)	Discoverer 133 / KH-4B	56)	Hitchhiker 27
57)	Kosmos / DS-P1-Yu 36	58)	Soyuz 9	59)	Kosmos 346 / Zenit-4	60)	STV 3
61)	Kosmos 347 / DS-P1-Yu 35	62)	Kosmos 348 / DS-U2-GK 2	63)	Kosmos 349 / Zenit-4	64)	RHYOLITE 1 / BMEWS 3
65)	Meteor 1-5	66)	Titan Samos 27 / KH-8 27 GAMBIT	67)	Molniya 1-14	68)	Kosmos 350 / Zenit-2M
69)	Kosmos 351 / DS-P1-Yu 38	70)	Kosmos / Strela-2	71)	Kosmos 352 / Zenit-4	72)	Kosmos 353 / Zenit-2M
73)	Kosmos / Zenit-4	74)	Discoverer 134 / KH-4B	75)	Intelsat 3H	76)	Kosmos 354 / OGCh
77)	Interkosmos 3	78)	Kosmos 355 / Zenit-4	79)	Kosmos 356 / DS-U2-MG 2	80)	Venera 7
81)	Titan Samos 28 / KH-8 28 GAMBIT	82)	Skynet 1B	83)	Kosmos 357 / DS-P1-Yu 40	84)	Kosmos 358 / Tsiklon
85)	Kosmos 359 (Venera)	86)	Ferret 15	87)	Transit 19 / NNS O-19	88)	Kosmos 360 / Zenit-4M
89)	CANYON 3	90)	Orba / X-2	91)	P-35-24 / DAPP 2525	92)	Kosmos 361 / Zenit-4M
93)	Luna 16	94)	Kosmos 362 / DS-P1-I 9	95)	Kosmos 363 / Zenit-2M	96)	Kosmos 364 / Zenit-4MK
97)	MS-F1	98)	Kosmos 365 / OGCh	99)	Molniya 1-15	100)	Kosmos 366 / Zenit-2M
101)	Kosmos 367 / US-A	102)	Kosmos 368 / Zenit-2M (Bion)	103)	Kosmos 369 / DS-P1-Yu 42	104)	Kosmos 370 / Zenit-4M
105)	Kosmos 371 / Tsiklon	106)	Interkosmos 4	107)	Meteor 1-6	108)	Kosmos 372 / Strela-2
109)	Kosmos 373 / IS-M	110)	Zond 8	111)	Kosmos 374 / I2P	112)	Titan Samos 29/ KH-8 29 GAMBIT
113)	Kosmos 375 / I2P	114)	Kosmos 376 / Zenit-4M	115)	IMEWS 1 / DSP F1	116)	OFO
117)	RM 1 / RMS	118)	Luna 17	119)	Lunokhod	120)	Kosmos 377 / Zenit-2M
121)	Kosmos 378 / DS-U2-IP 1	122)	Discoverer 135 / KH-4B	123)	Hitchhiker 28	124)	Kosmos 379 / T2K 1
125)	Kosmos 380 / DS-P1-Yu 26	126)	Molniya 1-16	127)	OAO-B	128)	Kosmos 381 / Ionosfernaya?
129)	Kosmos 382 (Soyuz)	130)	Kosmos 383 / Zenit-4MK	131)	Kosmos 384 / Zenit-2M	132)	NOAA 1
133)	CEP 1 / CEPE	134)	Explorer 42 / SAS 1 / Uhuru	135)	Kosmos 385 / Tsiklon	136)	Péole
137)	Kosmos 386 / Zenit-4M	138)	Kosmos 387 / Tselina-O	139)	Kosmos 388 / DS-P1-Yu 43	140)	Kosmos 389 / Tselina-D
141)	Kosmos / DS-P1-M 1	142)	Molniya 1-17

.. Spacecraft Entries .
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Kosmos 318

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2M
Numbers:	1970 payload #1 ; 1970-001A ; 1327th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	9 January 1970 at 9h21 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Titan Samos 25 / KH-8 25 GAMBIT

Spacecraft:	OPS 6531
Numbers:	1970 payload #2 ; 1970-002A ; 1328th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

Launch:	14 January 1970 at 18h43 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (3B-25 / Agena D).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Intelsat 3F

Spacecraft:	Intelsat III F-6
Numbers:	1970 payload #3 ; 1970-003A ; 1329th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	Intelsat

Launch:	15 January 1970 at 0h16 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta DSV-3M (Thor Delta M 557 / Delta 75).
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Mission:	Commercial communications support for five years from synchronous orbit above the equator (Atlantic link); capable of 1200 voice circuits or 4 TV channels; replace Intelsat-III F-2. Successful.
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;NASA SP-4012 ;

Kosmos 319

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-Yu No. 25
Numbers:	1970 payload #4 ; 1970-004A ; 1330th spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	15 January 1970 at 13h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 320

Spacecraft:	DS-MO No. 3
Numbers:	1970 payload #5 ; 1970-005A ; 1331st spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	16 January 1970 at 11h00 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 321

Spacecraft:	DS-U2-MG No. 1
Numbers:	1970 payload #6 ; 1970-006A ; 1332nd spacecraft.
Type:	Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	20 January 1970 at 20h20 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 322

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4
Numbers:	1970 payload #7 ; 1970-007A ; 1333rd spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	21 January 1970 at 12h00 UTC, from Plesetsk. Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

ITOS I

Spacecraft:	Tiros M
Numbers:	1970 payload #8 ; 1970-008A ; 1334th spacecraft.
Type:	Meteorology
Sponsor:	NASA

Launch:	23 January 1970 at 11h31 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2W, by a Delta DSV-3N6 (Thor Delta N6 542 / Delta 76).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Australis-OSCAR 5 (AO-5)

Spacecraft:	Australis-Oscar 5 / A-O-A AMSAT OSCAR (Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio )
Numbers:	1970 payload #9 ; 1970-008B ; 1335th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (radio-amateur)
Sponsor:	University of Melbourne students

Launch:	23 January 1970 at 11h31 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2W, by a Delta N (Thor Delta N6 542 / Delta 76).
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Decayed:	1,431 km x 1,476 km x 101.8° x 115 min.
Mission:	Built by students at The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the battery-powered, Australis-OSCAR 5 (AO-5) transmitted telemetry on both 2 meter and 10 meter bands that operated for 23 and 46 days respectively. It was the first amateur satellite to be remotely controlled. Passive magnetic attitude stabilization was performed by carrying two bar magnets to align with the Earth's magnetic field in order to provide a favorable antenna footprint. Box-shaped (304 x 431 x 152 mm), the spacecraft weights 17.7 kg (9 kg of which was battery mass).
Source:	A Brief History of Amateur Satellites ; Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-I No. 6
Numbers:	1970 payload #10 ; 1970 1st loss ; 1336th spacecraft.
Type:	Antimissile technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	30 January 1970 at 15h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

SERT II

Spacecraft:	Space Electric Rocket Test 2
Numbers:	1970 payload #11 ; 1970-009A ; 1337th spacecraft.
Type:	Technology
Sponsor:	NASA

Launch:	4 February 1970 at 2h49 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 534 / Agena D (TA12).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Luna

Spacecraft:	E-8-5 No. 405
Numbers:	1970 payload #12 ; 1970 2nd loss ; 1338th spacecraft.
Type:	Lunar probe
Sponsor:	Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)

Launch:	6 February 1970 at 4h16 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81L, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D (8K82K 247-01 / 11S824).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 323

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4
Numbers:	1970 payload #13 ; 1970-010A ; 1339th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	10 February 1970 at 12h00 UTC, from Plesetsk. Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Osumi

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Numbers:	1970 payload #14 ; 1970-011A ; 1340th spacecraft.
Type:	Technology
Sponsor:	Japan's ISAS

Launch:	11 February 1970 at 4h25 UTC, from Kagoshima Space Center's L, by a L-4S (Lambda 4S L-4S-5).
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Decayed:	2 August 2003
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Spacewarn No. 598 ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

P-35-23 / DAPP 1524

Spacecraft:	DAPP 5A F-1 / DMSP-Block-5A F1 Data Acquisition and Processing Program Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Numbers:	1970 payload #15 ; 1970-012A ; 1341st spacecraft.
Type:	Meteorology
Sponsor:	U.S. Air Force

Launch:	11 February 1970 at 8h40 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-10W, by a Thor-Burner 2 (287).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Molniya 1-13

Spacecraft:	Molniya 1N
Numbers:	1970 payload #16 ; 1970-013A ; 1342nd spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	19 February 1970 at 18h57 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 324

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-Yu No. 32
Numbers:	1970 payload #17 ; 1970-014A ; 1343rd spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	27 February 1970 at 17h25 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 325

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2 No. 73
Numbers:	1970 payload #18 ; 1970-015A ; 1344th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	4 March 1970 at 12h15 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Discoverer 132 / CORONA 1109 / KH-4B

Spacecraft:	OPS 0440
Numbers:	1970 payload #19 ; 1970-016A ; 1345th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

Launch:	4 March 1970 at 22h15 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 551 / Agena D 1657).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :

Hitchhiker 26

Spacecraft:	OPS 3402 / EHH B18
Numbers:	1970 payload #20 ; 1970-016B ; 1346th spacecraft.
Type:	Electronic intelligence
Sponsor:	U.S. Air Force

Launch:	4 March 1970 at 22h15 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 551 / Agena D 1657).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Dial

Spacecraft:	Contraction from the French words 'Daimant' (diamond) and 'Allemand' (German).
Numbers:	1970 payload #21 ; 1970-017A ; 1347th spacecraft.
Type:	Technology
Sponsor:	France

Launch:	10 March 1970 at 12h20 UTC, from Kourou Space Center's ELD, by a Diamant B (Diamant B No.1).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Mika

Spacecraft:	Contraction from the German words 'Wissenschaft' (knowledge of science) and 'Kapsel' (capsule)
Numbers:	1970 payload #22 ; 1970-017B ; 1348th spacecraft.
Type:	Science
Sponsor:	Germany

Launch:	10 March 1970 at 12h20 UTC, from Kourou Space Center's ELD, by a Diamant B (Diamant B No.1).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 326

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2 No. 74
Numbers:	1970 payload #23 ; 1970-018A ; 1349th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	13 March 1970 at 8h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Meteor 1-3

Spacecraft:	Meteor M
Numbers:	1970 payload #24 ; 1970-019A ; 1350th spacecraft.
Type:	Meteorology
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	17 March 1970 at 11h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by a A-1/Vostok (8A92M).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 327

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-I No. 8
Numbers:	1970 payload #25 ; 1970-020A ; 1351st spacecraft.
Type:	Antimissile technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	18 March 1970 at 14h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

NATO 1 / NATO IIA

Spacecraft:	NATO-A
Numbers:	1970 payload #26 ; 1970-021A ; 1352nd spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	NATO

Launch:	20 March 1970 at 23h52 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's LC-17A, by a Delta DSV-3M (Thor Delta M 558 / Delta 77 .
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 328

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4MK
Numbers:	1970 payload #27 ; 1970-022A ; 1353rd spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	27 March 1970 at 11h44 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 329

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2M
Numbers:	1970 payload #28 ; 1970-023A ; 1354th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	3 April 1970 at 8h38 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 330

Spacecraft:	Tselina-O
Numbers:	1970 payload #29 ; 1970-024A ; 1355th spacecraft.
Type:	Electronic intelligence
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	7 April 1970 at 11h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Nimbus 4

Spacecraft:	Nimbus D
Numbers:	1970 payload #30 ; 1970-025A ; 1356th spacecraft.
Type:	Meteorology
Sponsor:	NASA

Launch:	8 April 1970 at 8h17 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 553 / Agena D 6223 (TA13)).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

TOPO 1

Spacecraft:	TOPO-A
Numbers:	1970 payload #31 ; 1970-025B ; 1357th spacecraft.
Type:	Geodesy
Sponsor:	U.S. Army Topographic Command

Launch:	8 April 1970 at 8h17 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2E, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 553 / Agena D 6223 (TA13)).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 331

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4
Numbers:	1970 payload #32 ; 1970-026A ; 1358th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	8 April 1970 at 10h19 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Vela Hotel 11 / Vela 6A

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Numbers:	1970 payload #33 ; 1970-027A ; 1359th spacecraft.
Type:	Nuclear explosion monitoring
Sponsor:	U.S. Air Force

Launch:	8 April 1970 at 10h50 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (Titan 3C-18).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Vela Hotel 12 / Vela 6B

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Numbers:	1970 payload #34 ; 1970-027B ; 1360th spacecraft.
Type:	Nuclear explosion monitoring
Sponsor:	U.S. Air Force

Launch:	8 April 1970 at 10h50 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (Titan 3C-18).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 332

Spacecraft:	Tsiklon
Numbers:	1970 payload #35 ; 1970-028A ; 1361st spacecraft.
Type:	Navigation
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	11 April 1970 at 17h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Apollo 13 Odyssey

Spacecraft:	Apollo CM-109 / Odyssey
Numbers:	1970 payload #36 ; 1970-029A ; 1362nd spacecraft.
Type:	Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor:	NASA

Launch:	11 April 1970 at 19h13 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-39A, by a Saturn V (SA-508).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Apollo 13 Aquarius

Spacecraft:	LM 7 / Aquarius
Numbers:	1970 payload #37 ; 1970-029[B] ; 1363rd spacecraft.
Type:	Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor:	NASA

Launch:	11 April 1970 at 19h13 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-39A, by a Saturn V (SA-508).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 333

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4M
Numbers:	1970 payload #38 ; 1970-030A ; 1364th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	15 April 1970 at 9h07 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Titan Samos 26 / KH-8 26 GAMBIT

Spacecraft:	OPS 2863
Numbers:	1970 payload #39 ; 1970-031A ; 1365th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

Launch:	15 April 1970 at 15h52 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (Titan 3B-26 / Agena D).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Intelsat 3G

Spacecraft:	Intelsat III F-7
Numbers:	1970 payload #40 ; 1970-032A ; 1366th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	Intelsat

Launch:	23 April 1970 at 0h46 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta DSV-3M (Thor Delta M 559 / Delta 78).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 334

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-Yu No. 31
Numbers:	1970 payload #41 ; 1970-033A ; 1367th spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	23 April 1970 at 13h20 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

DFH-1 / Dong Fang Hong
(Chinasat 1 / China 1 / Mao 1)

Spacecraft:	Dong Fang Hong means "The East is Red"
Numbers:	1970 payload #42 ; 1970-034A ; 1368th spacecraft.
Type:	Technology
Sponsor:	Chinia / People's Republic of China

Launch:	24 April 1970 at 13h35 UTC, from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, by a CZ-1. (Chang Zheng 1).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; FAS's DFH-1 ;l

Kosmos 335

Spacecraft:	DS-U1-R No. 1
Numbers:	1970 payload #43 ; 1970-035A ; 1369th spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	24 April 1970 at 22h25 UTC, from Kapustin Cosmodrome's Yar LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 336

Spacecraft:	Strela-1M
Numbers:	1970 payload #44 ; 1970-036A ; 1370th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	25 April 1970 at 17h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 337

Spacecraft:	Strela-1M
Numbers:	1970 payload #45 ; 1970-036B ; 1371st spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	25 April 1970 at 17h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 338

Spacecraft:	Strela-1M
Numbers:	1970 payload #46 ; 1970-036C ; 1372nd spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	25 April 1970 at 17h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 339

Spacecraft:	Strela-1M
Numbers:	1970 payload #47 ; 1970-036D ; 1373rd spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	25 April 1970 at 17h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 340

Spacecraft:	Strela-1M
Numbers:	1970 payload #48 ; 1970-036E ; 1374th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	25 April 1970 at 17h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 341

Spacecraft:	Strela-1M
Numbers:	1970 payload #49 ; 1970-036F ; 1375th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	25 April 1970 at 17h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 342

Spacecraft:	Strela-1M
Numbers:	1970 payload #50 ; 1970-036G ; 1376th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	25 April 1970 at 17h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 343

Spacecraft:	Strela-1M
Numbers:	1970 payload #51 ; 1970-036H ; 1377th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	25 April 1970 at 17h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Meteor 1-4

Spacecraft:	Meteor M
Numbers:	1970 payload #52 ; 1970-037A ; 1378th spacecraft.
Type:	Meteorology
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	28 April 1970 at 10h48 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
Orbit:
Decayed:	16 March 2004.
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Spacewarn No. 605 ;

Kosmos 344

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2 No. 81
Numbers:	1970 payload #53 ; 1970-038A ; 1379th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	12 May 1970 at 10h10 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 345

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4
Numbers:	1970 payload #54 ; 1970-039A ; 1380th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	20 May 1970 at 9h21 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Discoverer 133 / CORONA 1110 / KH-4B

Spacecraft:	OPS 4720
Numbers:	1970 payload #55 ; 1970-040A ; 1381st spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

Launch:	20 May 1970 at 21h35 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 555 / Agena D 1656).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :

Hitchhiker 27

Spacecraft:	OPS 8520 / EHH B19
Numbers:	1970 payload #56 ; 1970-040B ; 1382nd spacecraft.
Type:	Electronic intelligence
Sponsor:	U.S. Air Force

Launch:	20 May 1970 at 21h35 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 555 / Agena D 1656).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-Yu No. 36
Numbers:	1970 payload #57 ; 1970 3rd loss ; 1383rd spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	22 May 1970 at 12h39 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Soyuz 9

Spacecraft:	Soyuz No. 17 / Soyuz 7K-OK s/n 17
Numbers:	1970 payload #58 ; 1970-041A ; 1384th spacecraft.
Type:	Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor:	Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)

Launch:	1st June 1970 at 19h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 346

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4
Numbers:	1970 payload #59 ; 1970-042A ; 1385th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	10 June 1970 at 9h36 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

STV 3

Spacecraft:
Numbers:	1970 payload #60 ; 1970 4th loss ; 1386th spacecraft.
Type:	Technology
Sponsor:	Europe's ELDO

Launch:	12 June 1970 at 1h10 UTC, from Woomera's LA-6A, by an Europa I (F-9).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 347

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-Yu No. 35
Numbers:	1970 payload #61 ; 1970-043A ; 1387th spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	12 June 1970 at 9h30 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 348

Spacecraft:	DS-U2-GK No. 2
Numbers:	1970 payload #62 ; 1970-044A ; 1388th spacecraft.
Type:	Earth upper atmosphere studies (civil)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	13 June 1970 at 5h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 349

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4
Numbers:	1970 payload #63 ; 1970-045A ; 1389th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	17 June 1970 at 12h57 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

RHYOLITE 1 / BMEWS 3

Spacecraft:	AFP-720
Numbers:	1970 payload #64 ; 1970-046A ; 1390th spacecraft.
Type:	Electronic intelligence
Sponsor:	U.S. Air Force

Launch:	19 June 1970 at 11h37 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's LC-13, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas SLV-3A 5201A / Agena D 1551).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Meteor 1-5

Spacecraft:	Meteor-MV
Numbers:	1970 payload #65 ; 1970-047A ; 1391st spacecraft.
Type:	Méeteorlogy
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	23 June 1970 at 14h24 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Titan Samos 27 / KH-8 27 GAMBIT

Spacecraft:	OPS 6820
Numbers:	1970 payload #66 ; 1970-048A ; 1392nd spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

Launch:	25 June 1970 at 14h50 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (Titan 3B-27 / Agena D).
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Molniya 1-14

Spacecraft:
Numbers:	1970 payload #67 ; 1970-049A ; 1393rd spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	26 June 1970 at 3h21 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 350

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2M
Numbers:	1970 payload #68 ; 1970-050A ; 1394th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	26 June 1970 at 12h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 351

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-Yu No. 38
Numbers:	1970 payload #69 ; 1970-051A ; 1395th spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	27 June 1970 at 7h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos

Spacecraft:	Strela-2
Numbers:	1970 payload #70 ; 1970 5th loss ; 1396th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	27 June 1970 at 7h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 352

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4
Numbers:	1970 payload #71 ; 1970-052A ; 1397th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	7 July 1970 at 10h33 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 353

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2M
Numbers:	1970 payload #72 ; 1970-053A ; 1398th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	9 July 1970 at 13h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4
Numbers:	1970 payload #73 ; 1970 6th loss ; 1399th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defenese ministry

Launch:	21 July 1970, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Discoverer 134 / CORONA 1111 / KH-4B

Spacecraft:	OPS 4324
Numbers:	1970 payload #74 ; 1970-054A ; 1400th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

Launch:	23 July 1970 at 1h25 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 556 / Agena D 1654).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :

Intelsat 3H

Spacecraft:	Intelsat III F-8
Numbers:	1970 payload #75 ; 1970-055A ; 1401st spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	Intelsat

Launch:	23 July 1970 at 23h23 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta DSV-3M (Thor Delta M 563 / Delta 79).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 354

Spacecraft:	OGCh
Numbers:	1970 payload #76 ; 1970-056A ; 1402nd spacecraft.
Type:	Bombardment via space
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	29 July 1970 at 22h04 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC=191, by a R-36-0.
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Interkosmos 3

Spacecraft:	DS-U2-IK No. 1
Numbers:	1970 payload #77 ; 1970-057A ; 1403rd spacecraft.
Type:	Earth/space studies (civil)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	7 August 1970 at 3h00 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 355

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4
Numbers:	1970 payload #78 ; 1970-058A ; 1404th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	7 August 1970 at 9h36 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 356

Spacecraft:	DS-U2-MG No. 2
Numbers:	1970 payload #79 ; 1970-059A ; 1405th spacecraft.
Type:	Earth upper atmosphere studies (civil)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	10 August 1970 at 20h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Venera 7

Spacecraft:	4V-1 No. 630
Numbers:	1970 payload #80 ; 1970-060A ; 1406th spacecraft.
Type:	Venus probe
Sponsor:	Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)

Launch:	17 August 1970 at 5h38 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Titan Samos 28 / KH-8 28 GAMBIT

Spacecraft:	OPS 7874
Numbers:	1970 payload #81 ; 1970-061A ; 1407th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

Launch:	18 August 1970 at 14h45 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (Titan 3B 3B-28 / Agena D).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Skynet 1B

Spacecraft:
Numbers:	1970 payload #82 ; 1970-062A ; 1408th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	United Kingdom

Launch:	19 August 1970 at 12h11 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta DSV-3M (Thor Delta M 561 / Delta 80).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 357

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-Yu No. 40
Numbers:	1970 payload #83 ; 1970-063A ; 1409th spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	19 August 1970 at 15h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 358

Spacecraft:	Lira / Tsiklon
Numbers:	1970 payload #84 ; 1970-064A ; 1410th spacecraft.
Type:	Navigation
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	20 August 1970 at 14h38 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 359

Spacecraft:	4V-1 No. 631
Numbers:	1970 payload #85 ; 1970-065A ; 1411th spacecraft.
Type:	Venus probe
Sponsor:	Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)

Launch:	22 August 1970 at 5h06 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Ferret 15

Spacecraft:	OPS 8329
Numbers:	1970 payload #86 ; 1970-066A ; 1412th spacecraft.
Type:	Electronic intelligence
Sponsor:	U.S. Air Force

Launch:	26 August 1970 at 10h01 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-1W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 535 / Agena D 2736).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Transit 19 / NNS O-19

Spacecraft:
Numbers:	1970 payload #87 ; 1970-067A ; 1413th spacecraft.
Type:	Navigation
Sponsor:	U.S. Navy

Launch:	27 August 1970 at 13h23 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-5, by a Scout A (S176C).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 360

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4M
Numbers:	1970 payload #88 ; 1970-068A ; 1414th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	29 August 1970 at 8h38 UTC, from Baykonur. Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

CANYON 3

Spacecraft:	OPS 7329 / Program 827's AFP-827 F3 (7503)
Numbers:	1970 payload #89 ; 1970-069A ; 1415th spacecraft.
Type:	Electronic intelligence
Sponsor:	United States' NRO / National Reconnaissance Office

Launch:	1st September 1970 at 0h57 UTC, from Cape Canaveal's LC-13, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas SLV-3A 5203A / Agena D 2803).
Orbit:	Geostationary
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 501 ;

Orba / X-2

Spacecraft:
Numbers:	1970 payload #90 ; 1970 7th loss ; 1416th spacecraft.
Type:	Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor:	United Kingdom

Launch:	2 September 1970 at 0h34 UTC, from Woomera's LA-5B, by a Black Arrow (R-2).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

P-35-24 / DAPP 2525

Spacecraft:	DMSP Block 5A F-2 (FTV-12) Data Acquisition and Processing Program Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Numbers:	1970 payload #91 ; 1970-070A ; 1417th spacecraft.
Type:	Meteorology
Sponsor:	U.S. Air Force

Launch:	3 September 1970 at 8h39 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-10W, by a Thor-Burner 2 (288).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 361

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4M
Numbers:	1970 payload #92 ; 1970-071A ; 1418th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	8 September 1970 at 10h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Luna 16

Spacecraft:	KT / E-8-5 No. 406
Numbers:	1970 payload #93 ; 1970-072A ; 1419th spacecraft.
Type:	Lunar probe
Sponsor:	Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)

Launch:	12 September 1970 at 13h25 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81L, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D (8K82K 248-01 / 11S824).
Orbit:
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Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 362

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-I No. 9
Numbers:	1970 payload #94 ; 1970-073A ; 1420th spacecraft.
Type:	Antimissile technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	16 September 1970 at 12h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 363

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2M
Numbers:	1970 payload #95 ; 1970-074A ; 1421st spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	17 September 1970 at 8h24 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 364

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4MK
Numbers:	1970 payload #96 ; 1970-075A ; 1422nd spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	22 September 1970 at 12h57 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

MS-F1

Spacecraft:
Numbers:	1970 payload #97 ; 1970 8th loss ; 1423rd spacecraft.
Type:	Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor:	Japan's ISAS

Launch:	25 September 1970, from Kagoshima Space Center's M, by a Mu-4S (M-4S-1).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 365

Spacecraft:	OGCh
Numbers:	1970 payload #98 ; 1970-076A ; 1424th spacecraft.
Type:	Bombardment via space
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	25 September 1970 at 14h09 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-191, by a R-36-0.
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Molniya 1-15

Spacecraft:	Molniya 1Q
Numbers:	1970 payload #99 ; 1970-077A ; 1425th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	29 September 1970 at 8h24 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 366

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2M
Numbers:	1970 payload #100 ; 1970-078A ; 1426th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	1st October 1970 at 8h24 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57) .
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 367

Spacecraft:	US-A
Numbers:	1970 payload #101 ; 1970-079A ; 1427th spacecraft.
Type:	Ocean surveillance ("RORSAT")
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	3 October 1970 at 10h33 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90, by a F-1/Tsyklon 2.
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 368

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2M (Bion)
Numbers:	1970 payload #102 ; 1970-080A ; 1428th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance + biology
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	8 October 1970 at 12h43 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 369

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-Yu No. 42
Numbers:	1970 payload #103 ; 1970-081A ; 1429th spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	8 October 1970 at 15h10 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 370

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4M
Numbers:	1970 payload #104 ; 1970-082A ; 1430th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	9 October 1970 at 11h02 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 371

Spacecraft:	Tsiklon
Numbers:	1970 payload #105 ; 1970-083A ; 1431st spacecraft.
Type:	Navigation
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	12 October 1970 at 13h55 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Interkosmos 4

Spacecraft:	DS-U3-IK No. 2 / IK- 4
Numbers:	1970 payload #106 ; 1970-084A ; 1432nd spacecraft.
Type:	Earth upper atmosphere studies (civil)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union + East-european countries

Launch:	14 October 1970 at 11h30 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-86/4, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Meteor 1-6

Spacecraft:	Meteor-M
Numbers:	1970 payload #107 ; 1970-085A ; 1433rd spacecraft.
Type:	Meteorology
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	15 October 1970 at 11h31 UTC, from Plesetsk. Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
Orbit:
Decayed:	8 January 1999
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log; Spacewarn No. 543 ;

Kosmos 372

Spacecraft:	Strela-2
Numbers:	1970 payload #108 ; 1970-086A ; 1434th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	16 October 1970 at 15h07 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 373

Spacecraft:	IS-M
Numbers:	1970 payload #109 ; 1970-087A ; 1435th spacecraft.
Type:	Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	20 October 1970 at 5h44 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90, by a F-1/Tsyklon 2.
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Zond 8

Spacecraft:	L-1 No. 14
Numbers:	1970 payload #110 ; 1970-088A ; 1436th spacecraft.
Type:	Piloted spacecraft test (Lunar program)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)

Launch:	20 October 1970 at 19h55 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81L, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D (8K82K 250-01 / 11S824).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 374

Spacecraft:	I2P
Numbers:	1970 payload #111 ; 1970-089A ; 1437th spacecraft.
Type:	Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	22 October 1970 at 4h19 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90, by a F-1/Tsyklon 2.
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Titan Samos 29 / KH-8 29 GAMBIT

Spacecraft:	OPS 7568
Numbers:	1970 payload #112 ; 1970-090A ; 1438th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

Launch:	23 October 1970 at 17h40 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (Titan 3B-29 / Agena D).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 375

Spacecraft:	I2P
Numbers:	1970 payload #113 ; 1970-091A ; 1439th spacecraft.
Type:	Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	30 October 1970 at 2h09 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90, by a F-1/Tsyklon 2.
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 376

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4M
Numbers:	1970 payload #114 ; 1970-092A ; 1440th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	30 October 1970 at 13h26 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

IMEWS 1 / DSP F1

Spacecraft:	Integrated Missile Early Warning Satellites
Numbers:	1970 payload #115 ; 1970-093A ; 1441st spacecraft.
Type:	Missile early warning
Sponsor:	U.S. Air Force

Launch:	6 November 1970 at 10h35 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (Titan 23C-1).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; DSP, A Pictorial ;

OFO

Spacecraft:	Orbiting Frog Otolith
Numbers:	1970 payload #116 ; 1970-094A ; 1442nd spacecraft.
Type:	Biology
Sponsor:	NASA

Launch:	9 November 1970 at 6h00 UTC, from Wallops Island's LA-3, by a Scout B (S178C).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

RM 1 / RMS

Spacecraft:	Radiation Meteoroid Satelite
Numbers:	1970 payload #117 ; 1970-094B ; 1443rd spacecraft.
Type:	Micrometeroids studies
Sponsor:	NASA

Launch:	9 November 1970 at 6h00 UTC, from Wallops Island's LA-3, by a Scout B (S178C).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Luna 17

Spacecraft:	E-8 No. 203
Numbers:	1970 payload #118 ; 1970-095A ; 1444th spacecraft.
Type:	Lunar probe
Sponsor:	Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)

Launch:	10 November 1970 at 14h44 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81L, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D (8K82K 251-01 / 11S824).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Lunokhod

Spacecraft:	8EL No. 203
Numbers:	1970 payload #119 ; 1970-095[B] ; 1445th spacecraft.
Type:	Lunar probe
Sponsor:	Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)

Launch:	10 November 1970 at 14h44 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81L, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D (8K82K 251-01 / 11S824).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 377

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2M
Numbers:	1970 payload #120 ; 1970-096A ; 1446th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	11 November 1970 at 9h21 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 378

Spacecraft:	DS-U2-IP No. 1
Numbers:	1970 payload #121 ; 1970-097A ; 1447th spacecraft.
Type:	Earth upper atmosphere studies (civil)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	17 November 1970 at 18h20 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 47117-107).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Discoverer 135 / CORONA 1112 / KH-4B

Spacecraft:	OPS 4992
Numbers:	1970 payload #122 ; 1970-098A ; 1448th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

Launch:	18 November 1970 at 21h29 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 552 / Agena D 1658).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; NRO's Corona : JPL's Corona :

Hitchhiker 28

Spacecraft:	OPS 6829 / EHH B20
Numbers:	1970 payload #123 ; 1970-098B ; 1449th spacecraft.
Type:	Electronic intelligence
Sponsor:	U.S. Air Force

Launch:	18 November 1970 at 21h29 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Thor-Agena D (Thorad 2L 552 / Agena D 1658).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 379

Spacecraft:	T2K No. 1
Numbers:	1970 payload #124 ; 1970-099A ; 1450th spacecraft.
Type:	Piloted spacecraft test (Lunar program)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	24 November 1970 at 5h15 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511L).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 380

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-Yu No. 26
Numbers:	1970 payload #125 ; 1970-100A ; 1451st spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	24 November 1970 at 11h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Molniya 1-16

Spacecraft:	Molniya 1R
Numbers:	1970 payload #126 ; 1970-101A ; 1452nd spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	27 November 1970 at 15h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

OAO-B

Spacecraft:	OAO B ; Orbiting Astronomical Observatory B
Numbers:	1970 payload #127 ; 1970 9th loss ; 1453rd spacecraft.
Type:	Astronomy
Sponsor:	NASA

Launch:	30 November 1970 at 22h40 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36B, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3C AC-21 / Centaur D-1A 5003C).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 381

Spacecraft:	Ionosfernaya?
Numbers:	1970 payload #128 ; 1970-102A ; 1454th spacecraft.
Type:	Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	2 December 1970 at 4h04 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 47117-105).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 382

Spacecraft:	L-1e No. 2K / Soyuz 7K-L1E s/n 2K
Numbers:	1970 payload #129 ; 1970-103A ; 1455th spacecraft.
Type:	Pîloed spacecraft test (Lunar program)
Sponsor:	Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)

Launch:	2 December 1970 at 17h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81L, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D (8K82K 252-01 / 11S824 26).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 383

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4MK
Numbers:	1970 payload #130 ; 1970-104A ; 1456th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	3 December 1970 at 13h55 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 384

Spacecraft:	Zenit-2M
Numbers:	1970 payload #131 ; 1970-105A ; 1457th spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	10 December 1970 at 11h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

NOAA 1

Spacecraft:	ITOS A
Numbers:	1970 payload #132 ; 1970-106A ; 1458th spacecraft.
Type:	Meteorology
Sponsor:	U.S. NOAA / National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adrninistration

Launch:	11 December 1970 at 11h35 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2W, by a Delta DSV-3N6 (Thor Delta N6 546 / Delta 81).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

CEP 1 / CEPE

Spacecraft:
Numbers:	1970 payload #133 ; 1970-106B ; 1459th spacecraft.
Type:	Technology
Sponsor:	NASA

Launch:	11 December 1970 at 11h35 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2W, by a Delta DSV-3N6 (Thor Delta N6 546 / Delta 81).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Explorer 42 / SAS 1 / Uhuru

Spacecraft:	SAS A ; Small Astronomy Satellite
Numbers:	1970 payload #134 ; 1970-107A ; 1460th spacecraft.
Type:	Astronomy
Sponsor:	Italy

Launch:	12 December 1970 at 10h53 UTC, from San Marco platform, by a Scout B (S175C).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 385

Spacecraft:	Tsiklon
Numbers:	1970 payload #136 ; 1970-108A ; 1461st spacecraft.
Type:	Navigation
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	12 December 1970 at 12h57 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M V149-39).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Péole

Spacecraft:	Preliminaire EOLE
Numbers:	1970 payload #135 ; 1970-109A ; 1462nd spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	France's CNES / Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales

Launch:	12 December 1970 at 12h57 UTC, from Kourou Space Center's ELD, by a Diamant B (No.2).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 386

Spacecraft:	Zenit-4M
Numbers:	1970 payload #137 ; 1970-110A ; 1463rd spacecraft.
Type:	Reconnaissance
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	15 December 1970 at 10h04 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/"Voskhod" (11A57).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 387

Spacecraft:	Tselina-O
Numbers:	1970 payload #138 ; 1970-111A ; 1464th spacecraft.
Type:	Electronic intelligence
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	16 December 1970 at 4h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M V149-31).
Orbit:
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Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 388

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-Yu No. 43
Numbers:	1970 payload #139 ; 1970-112A ; 1465th spacecraft.
Type:	Military technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	18 December 1970 at 9h39 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-133/1, by a Kosmos B-1 (11K63).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos 389

Spacecraft:	Tselina-D
Numbers:	1970 payload #140 ; 1970-113A ; 1466th spacecraft.
Type:	Electronic intelligence
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	18 December 1970 at 16h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-41/1, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
Orbit:
Decayed:	24 November 2003
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Spacewarn No. 601 ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Kosmos

Spacecraft:	DS-P1-M No. 1
Numbers:	1970 payload #141 ; 1970 10th loss ; 1467th spacecraft.
Type:	Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor:	Soviet Union's Defense ministry

Launch:	22 December 1970 at 21h30 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 47117-106).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

Molniya 1-17

Spacecraft:
Numbers:	1970 payload #142 ; 1970-114A ; 1468th spacecraft.
Type:	Communications
Sponsor:	Soviet Union

Launch:	25 December 1970 at 3h50 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source:	Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;

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