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The 164 spacecrafts launched in 1976 :
1) Kosmos 787 / Tselina-O 2) Kosmos 788 / Zenit-4MK 3) Helios 2 4) CTS 1 / Hermes
5) Kosmos 789 / Parus 6) Molniya 1-32 7) Kosmos 790 / Tselina-O 8) Kosmos 791 / Strela-1M
9) Kosmos 792 / Strela-1M 10) Kosmos 793 / Strela-1M 11) Kosmos 794 / Strela-1M 12) Kosmos 795 : Strela-1M
13) Kosmos 796 / Strela-1M 14) Kosmos 797 / Strela-1M 15) Kosmos 798 / Strela-1M 16) Kosmos 799 / Zenit-2M
17) Intelsat 4A-2 18) Kosmos 800 / Tsiklon 19) CORSA 20) Kosmos 801 / DS-P1-I 16
21) Kosmos 802 / Zenit-4MK 22) Kosmos 803 / Lira 23) Kosmos 804 / IS 24) Block 5C #3 / DMSP Block-5C F3
25) Marisat 1 26) Kosmos 805 / Yantar'-2K 4 27) ISS / Ume 1 28) Kosmos 806 / Zenit-4MK
29) Molniya 1-33 30) Kosmos 807 / Vektor 31) LES 8 32) LES 9
33) Solrad 11A 34) Solrad 11B 35) Kosmos 808 / Tselina-D 36) Kosmos 809 / Zenit-2M
37) Molniya 1-34 38) Titan Samos 46 / KH-8 46 GAMBIT 39) Kosmos 810 / Zenit-4MK 40) RCA Satcom 2
41) Kosmos 811 / Zenit-4MT (Orion) 42) Kosmos 812 / Tselina-O 43) Meteor 1-24 44) Kosmos 813 / Zenit-2M
45) Kosmos 814 / IS 46) NATO 3A 47) Kosmos 815 / Zenit-4MK 48) Kosmos 816 / Romb
49) NOSS 1 (Whitecloud 1) 50) SSU 1 51) SSU 2 52) SSU 3
53) Lageos 54) Kosmos 817 / Zenit-4MK 55) Molniya 3-5 56) Comstar 1
57) Meteor 1-25 58) Kosmos 818 / DS-P1-Yu 78 59) Kosmos 819 / Zenit-2M 60) Kosmos 820 / Zenit-4MKT (Fram)
61) P-76-5 / NNS O-15 62) Kosmos 821 / Zenit-4MK 63) Kosmos 822 / Vektor 64) IDS 4 / SDS 1
65) Kosmos 823 / Tsiklon 66) Kosmos 824 / Zenit-4MK 67) Marisat 2 68) Kosmos 825 / Strela-1M
69) Kosmos 826 / Strela-1M 70) Kosmos 827 / Strela-1M 71) Kosmos 828 / Strela-1M 72) Kosmos 829 / Strela-1M
73) Kosmos 830 / Strela-1M 74) Kosmos 831 / Strela-1M 75) Kosmos 832 / Strela-1M  76) Kosmos 833 / Zenit-4MK
77) Interkosmos 15 78) Salyut 5 79) Kosmos 834 / Zenit-2M 80) IMEWS 6 / DSP 8
81) Kosmos 835 / Zenit-4MK 82) Kosmos 836 / Strela-2 83) Kosmos 837 (Molniya-2) 84) Kosmos 838 / US-P
85) Soyuz 21 86) Big Bird 12 / KH-9 12 HEXAGON 87) Hitchhiker 39 88) SESP 74-2
89) Kosmos 839 / Lira 90) Palapa 1 91) Kosmos 840 / Zenit-2M 92) Kosmos 841 / Strela-2
93) Kosmos 842 / Sfera 94) Kosmos 843 / IS 95) Kosmos 844 / Yantar'-2K 5 96) Comstar 2
97) Molniya 1-35 98) Kosmos 845 / Tselina-O 99) Interkosmos 16 100) NOAA 5
101) Kosmos 846 / Tsiklon 102) Kosmos 847 / Zenit-4MK 103) SDS 5 104) Luna 24
105) Kosmos 848 / Zenit-2M 106) Nauka [26] 107) Kosmos 849 / DS-P1-I 17 108) Kosmos 850 / DS-P1-Yu 79
109) Kosmos 851 / Tselina-D 110) Kosmos 852 / Zenit-4MK 111) JSSW 5 ("Chinasat 6)" 112) Kosmos 853 (Molniya-2)
113) TIP 3 114) Kosmos 854 / Zenit-4MK 115) AMT 1 / DMSP 5D F-1 116) Raduga 2
117) Soyuz 22 118) Titan Samos 47 / KH-8 47 GAMBIT 119) Kosmos 855 / Zenit-4MT (Orion) 120) Kosmos 856 / Zenit-2M
121) Nauka [27] 122) Kosmos 857 / Zenit-4MK 123) Kosmos 858 / Strela-2  124) Kosmos /  Zenit-4MKT 3 (Fram)
125) Kosmos 859 / Zenit-4MK 126) Soyuz 23 127) Marisat 3 128) Meteor 1-26
129) Kosmos 860 / US-A 130) Kosmos 861 / US-A 131) Kosmos 862 / Oko 5 132) Kosmos 863 / Zenit-4MK
133) Ekran 1 134) Kosmos 864 / Parus 135) Kosmos 865 / Zenit-2M 136) Subsatelite (MKA?)
137) SSW 6 138) Kosmos 866 / Zenit-4MK 139) Kosmos 867 / Zenit-6 140) Prognoz 5
141) Kosmos 868 / US-P 142) Kosmos 869 (Soyuz) 143) Kosmos 870 / Tselina-O 144) Molniya 2-16
145) FSW 1-02  ("Chinasat 7") 146) Kosmos 871 / Strela-1M 147) Kosmos 872 / Strela-1M 148) Kosmos 873 / Strela-1M
149) Kosmos 874 / Strela-1M 150) Kosmos 875 / Strela-1M 151) Kosmos 876 / Strela-1M 152) Kosmos 877 / Strela-1M
153) Kosmos 878 / Strela-1M 154) Kosmos 879 / Zenit-2M 155) Kosmos 880 / Lira 156) Kosmos 881 /TKS)
157) Kosmos 882 (TKS) 158) Kosmos 883 / Tsikada 159) Kosmos 884 / Zenit-4MK 160) Kosmos 885 / Romb
161) KH-11 1 KENNAN 162) Kosmos 886 / IS 163) Molniya 3-6 164) Kosmos 887 / Parus
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Spacecraft Entries
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Kosmos 787
Spacecraft:  Tselina-O
Numbers: 1976 payload #1 ; 1976-001A ; 2237th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 6 January 1976 at 5h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-269).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 788
Spacecraft: Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #2 ; 1976-002A ; 2238th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 January 1976 at 15h36 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's, 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 ;
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Helios 2
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Numbers: 1976 payload #3 ; 1976-003A ; 2239th spacecraft.
Type: Solar observatory
Sponsor: West Germany
Launch: 15 January 1976 at 5h34 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-41, by a Titan 3E-Centeur (Titan 3E TC-5 / Centaur D-1T E-5).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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CTS 1 / Hermes
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #4 ; 1976-004A ; 2240th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Canada
Launch: 17 January 1976 at 23h28 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 606 / Delta 119).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 789
Spacecraft:  Parus
Numbers: 1976 payload #5 ; 1976-005A ; 2241st spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 20 January 1976 at 17h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53749-164).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Molniya 1-32
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Numbers: 1976 payload #6 ; 1976-006A ; 2242nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 22 January 1976 at 11h44 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Kosmos 790
Spacecraft:  Tselina-O
Numbers: 1976 payload #7 ; 1976-007A ; 2243rd spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 23 January 1976 at 22h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmdrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-285).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 791
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #8 ; 1976-008A ; 2244th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 January 1976 at 10h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-281).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 792
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #9 ; 1976-008B ; 2245th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 January 1976 at 10h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-281).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 793
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #10 ; 1976-008C ; 2246th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 January 1976 at 10h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-281).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 794
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #11 ; 1976-008D ; 2247th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 January 1976 at 10h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-281).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 795
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #12 ; 1976-008E ; 2248th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 January 1976 at 10h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-281).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 796
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #13 ; 1976-008F ; 2249th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 January 1976 at 10h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-281).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 797
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #14 ; 1976-008G ; 2250th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 January 1976 at 10h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-281).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 798
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #15 ; 1976-008H ; 2251st spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 January 1976 at 10h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-281).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 799
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1976 payload #16 ; 1976-009A ; 2252nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 29 January 1976 at 8h38 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Intelsat 4A-2
Spacecraft:  Intelsat IVA F-2
Numbers: 1976 payload #17 ; 1976-010A ; 2253rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Intelsat
Launch: 29 January 1976 at 23h56 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36B, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-37 / Centaur D-1AR 501).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 800
Spacecraft:  Tsiklon
Numbers: 1976 payload #18 ; 1976-011A ; 2254th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 3 February 1976 at 8h09 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53721-282).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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CORSA
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Numbers: 1976 payload #19 ; 1976 1st loss ; 2255th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: Japan's ISAS
Launch: 4 February 1976, from Kagoshima Space Center's M, by a Mu-3C (M-3C-3).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 801
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-I No. 16
Numbers: 1976 payload #20 ; 1976-012A ; 2256th spacecraft.
Type: Antimissile technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 February 1976 at 14h30 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 ;
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Kosmos 802
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #21 ; 1976-013A ; 2257th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 11 February 1976 at 8h52 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Kosmos 803
Spacecraft:  Lira
Numbers: 1976 payload #22 ; 1976-014A ; 2258th spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 12 February 1976 at 12h57 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-286).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 804
Spacecraft:  IS
Numbers: 1976 payload #23 ; 1976-015A ; 2259th spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 16 February 1976 at 8h24 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90, by a F-1/Tsyklon 2.
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Block 5C #3 / DMSP Block-5C F3
Spacecraft:  DMSP 11534 / DMSP 5C F-3
Numbers: 1976 payload #24 ; 1976-016A ; 2260th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 19 February 1976 at 7h52 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-10W, by a Thor-Burner 2A (182).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Marisat 1
Spacecraft:  Marisat 101 / Marisat A
Numbers: 1976 payload #24 ; 1976-017A ; 2261st spacecraft.
Type: Communications 
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Launch: 19 February 1976 at 22h32 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 603 / Delta 120).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 805
Spacecraft:  Yantar'-2K No. 4
Numbers: 1976 payload #26 ; 1976-018A ; 2262nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 20 February 1976 at 14h09 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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ISS / Ume 1
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Numbers: 1976 payload #27 ; 1976-019A ; 2263rd spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: Japan's NASDA
Launch: 29 February 1976 at 3h30 UTC, from Tanegashima Space Center's O, by a N-1 (N-2(F)).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 806
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #28 ; 1976-020A ; 2264th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 March 1976 at 8h09 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Molniya 1-33
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Numbers: 1976 payload #29 ; 1976-021A ; 2265th spacecraft.
Type: Communication
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 11 March 1976 at 19h55 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's, 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 ;
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Kosmos 807
Spacecraft:  Vektor
Numbers: 1976 payload #30 ; 1976-022A ; 2266th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 12 March 1976 at 13h26 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53746-310).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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LES 8
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Numbers: 1976 payload #31 ; 1976-023A ; 2267th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 15 March 1976 at 1h25 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (23C-12).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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LES 9
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Numbers: 1976 payload #32 ; 1976-023B ; 2268th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 15 March 1976 at 1h25 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (23C-12).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Solrad 11A
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Numbers: 1976 payload #33 ; 1976-023C ; 2269th spacecraft.
Type: Solar radiations studies
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 15 March 1976 at 1h25 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (23C-12).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Solrad 11B
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Numbers: 1976 payload #34 ; 1976-023D ; 2270th spacecraft.
Type: Solar radiations studies
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 15 March 1976 at 1h25 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (23C-12).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 808
Spacecraft:  Tselina-D
Numbers: 1976 payload #35 ; 1976-024A ; 2271st spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 16 March 1976 at 17h31 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an 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 ;
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Kosmos 809
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1976 payload #36 ; 1976-025A ; 2272nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 18 March 1976 at 9h21 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Molniya 1-34
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Numbers: 1976 payload #37 ; 1976-026A ; 2273rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 19 March 1976 at 19h40 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Titan Samos 46 / KH-8 46 GAMBIT
Spacecraft:  OPS 7600
Numbers: 1976 payload #38 ; 1976-027A ; 2274th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 22 March 1976 at 18h14 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 24B (24B-18 (3B-52) / 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 ;
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Kosmos 810
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #39 ; 1976-028A ; 2275th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 26 March 1976 at 15h07 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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RCA Satcom 2
Spacecraft:  RCA-B
Numbers: 1976 payload #40 ; 1976-029A ; 2276th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: RCA Communications
Launch: 26 March 1976 at 22h47 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta 3914 (Delta 3914 610 / Delta 121).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 811
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MT (Orion)
Numbers: 1976 payload #41 ; 1976-030A ; 2277th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaiisance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 31 March 1976 at 12h57 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511M).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 812
Spacecraft:  Tselina-O
Numbers: 1976 payload #42 ; 1976-031A ; 2278th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 6 April 1976 at 4h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-280).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Meteor 1-24
Spacecraft:  Meteor-MV No. 37
Numbers: 1976 payload #43 ; 1976-032A ; 2279th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 7 April 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an 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 ;
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Kosmos 813
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1976 payload #44 ; 1976-033A ; 2280th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 9 April 1976 at 8h38 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Kosmos 814
Spacecraft:  IS
Numbers: 1976 payload #45 ; 1976-034A ; 2281st spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 13 April 1976 at 17h16 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90, by a F-1/Tsyklon 2.
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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NATO 3A
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #46 ; 1976-035A ; 2282nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: NATO
Launch: 22 April 1976 at 20h46 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 608 / Delta 122).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 815
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #47 ; 1976-036A ; 2283rd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 April 1976 at 9h36 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Kosmos 816
Spacecraft:  Romb
Numbers: 1976 payload #48 ; 1976-037A ; 2284th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 April 1976 at 13h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53746-301).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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NOSS 1  (Whitecloud 1)
Spacecraft:  OPS 6431 / PARCAE 1
Numbers: 1976 payload #49 ; 1976-038A ; 2285th spacecraft.
Type: Ocean surveillance
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 30 April 1976 at 19h12 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by an Atlas F (Atlas 59F / Star-37E).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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SSU 1
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #50 ; 1976-038C ; 2286th spacecraft.
Type: Ocean surveillance
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 30 April 1976 at 19h12 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by an Atlas F (Atlas 59F / Star-37E).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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SSU 2
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #51 ; 1976-038D ; 2287th spacecraft.
Type: Ocean surveillance
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 30 April 1976 at 19h12 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by an Atlas F (Atlas 59F / Star-37E).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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SSU 3
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #52 ; 1976-038J ; 2288th spacecraft.
Type: Ocean surveillance
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 30 April 1976 at 19h12 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by an Atlas F (Atlas 59F / Star-37E).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Lageos
Spacecraft:  Laser Geodetic Satellite
Numbers: 1976 payload #53 ; 1976-039A ; 2289th spacecraft.
Type: Geodesy
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 4 May 1976 at 8h00 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2W, by a Delta 2913 (Delta 2913 609 / Delta 123).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 817
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #54 ; 1976-040A ; 2290th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 May 1976 at 7h55 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Molniya 3-5
Spacecraft:  Molniya-3 No. 16
Numbers: 1976 payload #55 ; 1976-041A ; 2291st spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 12 May 1976 at 17h57 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Comstar 1
Spacecraft:  Comstar D-1
Numbers: 1976 payload #56 ; 1976-042A ; 2292nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor:
Launch: 13 May 1976 at 22h28 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36A, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-38 / Centaur D-1AR 5020).
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 ;
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Meteor 1-25
Spacecraft:  Meteor-Priroda No. 2-1
Numbers: 1976 payload #57 ; 1976-043A ; 2293rd spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 18 May 1976 at 13h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/3, by an 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 ;
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Kosmos 818
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-Yu No. 78
Numbers: 1976 payload #58 ; 1976-044A ; 2294th spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 20 May 1976 at 11h00 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 ;
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Kosmos 819
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1976 payload #59 ; 1976-045A ; 2295th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 May 1976 at 6h57 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Kosmos 820
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKT (Fram)
Numbers: 1976 payload #60 ; 1976-046A ; 2296th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance & Earth remote sensing
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 May 1976 at 7h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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P-76-5 / NNS O-15
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #61 ; 1976-047A ; 2297th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 22 May 1976 at 7h42 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-5, by a Scout B-1 (S179CR).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 821
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #62 ; 1976-048A ; 2298th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 26 May 1976 at 9h07 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Kosmos 822
Spacecraft:  Vektor
Numbers: 1976 payload #63 ; 1976-049A ; 2299th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 May 1976 at 15h07 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-328).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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IDS 4 / SDS 1
Spacecraft:  OPS 7837
Numbers: 1976 payload #64 ; 1976-050A ; 2300th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 2 June 1976 at 20h56 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 34B (34B-5 (3B-55) / Ascent 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 ;
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Kosmos 823
Spacecraft:  Tsiklon
Numbers: 1976 payload #65 ; 1976-051A ; 2301st spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 3 June 1976 at 22h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-283).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 824
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #66 ; 1976-052A ; 2302nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 June 1976 at 7h12 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Marisat 2
Spacecraft:  Marisat 102 / Marisat B
Numbers: 1976 payload #67 ; 1976-053A ; 2303rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor:
Launch: 10 June 1976 at 0h09 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 601 / Delta 124).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 825
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #68 ; 1976-054A ; 2304th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 June 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-277).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 826
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #69 ; 1976-054B ; 2305th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 June 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-277).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 827
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #70 ; 1976-054C ; 2306th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 June 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-277).
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 ;
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Kosmos 828
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #71 ; 1976-054D ; 2307th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 June 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-277).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 829
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #72 ; 1976-054E ; 2308th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 June 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-277).
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 ;
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Kosmos 830
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #73 ; 1976-054F ; 2309th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 June 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-277).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 831
Spacecraft: Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #74 ; 1976-054G ; 2310th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 June 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-277).
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 ;
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Kosmos 832
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #75 ; 1976-054H ; 2311th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 June 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-277).
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 ;
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Kosmos 833
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #76 ; 1976-055A ; 2312th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 16 June 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Interkosmos 15
Spacecraft:  AUOS-Z-T-IK
Numbers: 1976 payload #77 ; 1976-056A ; 2313th spacecraft.
Type: Space sciences
Sponsor: Soviet Union + East European countries
Launch: 19 June 1976 at 16h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-276).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Salyut 5
Spacecraft:  Almaz OPS 3
Numbers: 1976 payload #78 ; 1976-057A ; 2314th spacecraft.
Type: Orbital space station (military)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 22 June 1976 at 18h04 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81/23, by a D-1/Proton-K (8K82K 290-02).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 834
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1976 payload #79 ; 1976-058A ; 2315th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 24 June 1976 at 7h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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IMEWS 6 / DSP 8
Spacecraft:  DSP F6
Numbers: 1976 payload #80 ; 1976-059A ; 2316th spacecraft.
Type: Missile early warning
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 26 June 1976 at 3h00 at UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (23C-10).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; DSP, A Pictorial ;
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Kosmos 835
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #81 ; 1976-060A ; 2317th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 29 June 1976 at 7h26 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Kosmos 836
Spacecraft:  Strela-2
Numbers: 1976 payload #82 ; 1976-061A ; 2318th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 29 June 1976 at 9h21 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-284).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 837 (Molniya-2)
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #83 ; 1976-062A ; 2319th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 1st July 1976 at 8h06 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 ;
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Kosmos 838
Spacecraft:  US-P
Numbers: 1976 payload #84 ; 1976-063A ; 2320th spacecraft.
Type: Ocean surveillance ("RORSAT")
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 2 July 1976 at 10h33 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90, by a F-1/Tsyklon 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 ;
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Soyuz 21
Spacecraft:  Soyuz 7K-T No. 41
Numbers: 1976 payload #85 ; 1976-064A ; 2321st spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft (military)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 6 July 1976 at 12h09 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Big Bird 12 / KH-9 12 HEXAGON
Spacecraft:  OPS 4699
Numbers: 1976 payload #86 ; 1976-065A ; 2322nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 8 July 1976 at 18h30 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4E, by a Titan 3D (23D-14).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Hitchhiker 39
Spacecraft:  OPS 5366 SS D 1 / SSF-D No. 1
Numbers: 1976 payload #87 ; 1976-065B ; 2323rd spacecraft.
Type: Electroni intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 8 July 1976 at 18h30 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4E, by a Titan 3D (23D-14).
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 ;
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SESP 74-2
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #88 ; 1976-065C ; 2324th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 8 July 1976 at 18h30 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4E, by a Titan 3D (23D-14).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 839
Spacecraft:  Lira
Numbers: 1976 payload #89 ; 1976-067A ; 2325th spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 9 July 1976 at 21h07 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-324).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Palapa 1
Spacecraft:  Palapa A1
Numbers: 1976 payload #90 ; 1976-066A ; 2326th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Indenosia
Launch: 8 July 1976 at 23h31 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 611 / Delta 125).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 840
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1976 payload #91 ; 1976-068A ; 2327th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 14 July 1976 at 9h07 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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 ;
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Kosmos 841
Spacecraft:  Strela-2
Numbers: 1976 payload #92 ; 1976-069A ; 2328th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 July 1976 at 13h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53746-304).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 842
Spacecraft:  Sfera
Numbers: 1976 payload #93 ; 1976-070A ; 2329th spacecraft.
Type: Geodesy
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 21 July 1976 at 10h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-266).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 843
Spacecraft:  IS
Numbers: 1976 payload #94 ; 1976-071A ; 2330th spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 July 1976 at 15h21 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90, by a F-1/Tsyklon 2.
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 844
Spacecraft:  Yantar'-2K No. 5
Numbers: 1976 payload #95 ; 1976-072A ; 2331st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 22 July 1976 at 15h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/3, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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 ;
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Comstar 2
Spacecraft: Comstar D-2
Numbers: 1976 payload #96 ; 1976-073A ; 2332nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor:
Launch: 22 July 1976 at 22h04 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36B, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-40 / Centaur D-1AR 5022).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Molniya 1-35
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #97 ; 1976-074A ; 2333rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 23 July 1976 at 15h50 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, 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 ;
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Kosmos 845
Spacecraft:  Tselina-O
Numbers: 1976 payload #98 ; 1976-075A ; 2334th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 27 July 1976 at 5h31 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2?, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53746-307).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Interkosmos 16
Spacecraft:  DS-U3-IK No. 6?
Numbers: 1976 payload #99 ; 1976-076A ; 2335th spacecraft.
Type: Earth/space studies (civil)
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 26 July 1976 at 12h00 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-107/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53746-316).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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NOAA 5
Spacecraft:  ITOS H
Numbers: 1976 payload #100 ; 1976-077A ; 2336th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: NOAA
Launch: 29 July 1976 at 17h07 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2W, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2310 605 / Delta 12).
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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Kosmos 846
Spacecraft:  Tsiklon
Numbers: 1976 payload #101 ; 1976-078A ; 2337th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 29 July 1976 at 19h55 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-329).
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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Kosmos 847
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #102 ; 1976-079A ; 2338th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 August 1976 at 13h26 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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SDS 5
Spacecraft:  OPS 7940 / SDS 2
Numbers: 1976 payload #103 ; 1976-080A ; 2339th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 6 August 1976 at 22h21 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC4W, by a Titan 34B (3B-56) / Ascent 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 ;
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Luna 24
Spacecraft: E-8-5M No. 413
Numbers: 1976 payload #104 ; 1976-081A ; 2340th spacecraft.
Type: Lunar probe
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 9 August 1976 at 15h04 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81/23, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D-1 (8K82K 288-02 / 11S824M).
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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Kosmos 848
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1976 payload #105 ; 1976-082A ; 2341st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 12 August 1976 at 13h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Nauka
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Spacecraft:  [Nauka #26]
Numbers: 1976 payload #106 ; 1976-082D ; 2342nd spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 12 August 1976 at 13h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 849
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-I No. 17
Numbers: 1976 payload #107 ; 1976-083A ; 2343rd spacecraft.
Type: Antimissile technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 18 August 1976 at 9h30 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 ;
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Kosmos 850
Spacecraft:  DS-P1-Yu No. 79
Numbers: 1976 payload #108 ; 1976-084A ; 2344th spacecraft.
Type: Military technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 26 August 1976 at 11h00 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 ;
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Kosmos 851
Spacecraft:  Tselina-D
Numbers: 1976 payload #109 ; 1976-085A ; 2345th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 27 August 1976 at 14h38 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
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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Kosmos 852
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #110 ; 1976-086A ; 2346th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 August 1976 at 9h07 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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JSSW 5 ("Chinasat 6")
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #111 ; 1976-087A ; 2347th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: China
Launch: 30 August 1976 at 11h53 UTC, from Jiuquan's LA-2B, by a Feng Bao 1 (FB1-6).
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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Kosmos 853 (Molniya-2)
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #112 ; 1976-088A ; 2348th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 1st September 1976 at 3h23 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/3, 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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TIP 3
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #113 ; 1976-089A ; 2349th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Navy
Launch: 1st September 1976 at 21h14 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-5, by a Scout D-1 (S197C).
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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Kosmos 854
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #114 ; 1976-090A ; 2350th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 3 September 1976 at 9h21 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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AMT 1 / DMSP 5D F-1
Spacecraft:  DMSP 5D S-1
Numbers: 1976 payload #115 ; 1976-091A ; 2351st spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Source : A, Parsch
Launch: 11 September 1976 at 8h00 UTC, from Vandenberg Force Base's SLC-10W, by a Thor-Burner (Thor DSV-2U 172).
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 ;
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Raduga 2 
Spacecraft:  Gran' No. 12L
Numbers: 1976 payload #116 ; 1976-092A ; 2352nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 11 September 1976 at 18h24 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81/24, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/DM (8K82K 289-01 / 11S86 5L).
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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Soyuz 22
Spacecraft:  Soyuz 7K-TM No. 74
Numbers: 1976 payload #117 ; 1976-093A ; 2353rd spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft (military)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 September 1976 at 9h48 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Titan Samos 47 / KH-8 47 GAMBIT
Spacecraft:  OPS 8533
Numbers: 1976 payload #118 ; 1976-094A ; 2354th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 15 September 1976 at 18h50 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 3B (Titan 24B 24B-17 (3B-51) / 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 ;
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Kosmos 855
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MT (Orion)
Numbers: 1976 payload #119 ; 1976-095A ; 2355th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 September 1976 at 11h44 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Kosmos 856
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1976 payload #120 ; 1976-096A ; 2356th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 22 September 1976 at 9h36 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Nauka
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Spacecraft:  [Nauka #27]
Numbers: 1976 payload #121 ; 1976-096E ; 2357th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 22 September 1976 at 9h36 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
Orbit:
Decayed:
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's Master Catalog ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 857
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #122 ; 1976-097A ; 2358th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 24 September 1976 at 15h07 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Kosmos 858
Spacecraft:  Strela-2
Numbers: 1976 payload #123 ; 1976-098A ; 2359th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 29 September 1976 at 7h12 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-333).
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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Kosmos
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKT no. 3 (Fram)
Numbers: 1976 payload #124 ; 1976 2nd lost ; 2360th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance & Earth remote sensing
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 October 1976 at 11h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/4, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Kosmos 859
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #125 ; 1976-099A ; 2361st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 October 1976 at 9h36 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Soyuz 23 
Spacecraft:  Soyuz 7K-T(A9) No. 65
Numbers: 1976 payload #126 ; 1976-100A ; 2362nd spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 14 October 1976 at 17h40 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Marisat 3
Spacecraft:  Marisat 103 Marisat C
Numbers: 1976 payload #127 ; 1976-101A ; 2363rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor:
Launch: 14 October 1976 at 22h44 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 614 / Delta 127).
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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Meteor 1-26
Spacecraft:  Meteor-MV
Numbers: 1976 payload #128 ; 1976-102A ; 2364th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 16 October 1976 at 23h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
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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Kosmos 860
Spacecraft:  US-A
Numbers: 1976 payload #129 ; 1976-103B ; 2365th spacecraft.
Type: Ocean surveillance ("RORSAT")
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 17 October 1976 at 18h14 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 ;
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Kosmos 861
Spacecraft:  US-A
Numbers: 1976 payload #130 ; 1976-104C ; 2366th spacecraft.
Type: Ocean surveillance ("RORSAT")
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 October 1976 at 17h02 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome'sLC-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 ;
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Kosmos 862
Spacecraft:  Oko #5
Numbers: 1976 payload #131 ; 1976-105A ; 2367th spacecraft.
Type: Missible early warning
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 October 1976 at 9h12 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 ;
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Kosmos 863
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #132 ; 1976-106A ; 2368th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 25 October 1976 at 14h38 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Ekran 1
Spacecraft:  Ekran No. 11L
Numbers: 1976 payload #133 ; 1976-107A ; 2369th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 26 October 1976 at 14h50 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81/24, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/DM (8K82K 290-01 / 11S86).
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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Kosmos 864
Spacecraft: Parus
Numbers: 1976 payload #134 ; 1976-108A ; 2370th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 29 October 1976 at 12h43 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53772-414).
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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Kosmos 865
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1976 payload #135 ; 1976-109A ; 2371st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 1 November 1976 at 11h31 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Subsatelite
Spacecraft:  MKA?
Numbers: 1976 payload #136 ; 1976-109G ; 2372nd spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology ?
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 1 November 1976 at 11h31 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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JSSW 6
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #137 ; 1976 3rd loss ; 2373rd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaisssance
Sponsor: China
Launch: 10 November 1976, fromJiuquan's  LA-2B, by a Feng Bao 1 (FB1-7).
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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Kosmos 866
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #138 ; 1976-110A ; 2374th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 11 November 1976 at 10h48 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Kosmos 867
Spacecraft:  Zenit-6
Numbers: 1976 payload #139 ; 1976-111A ; 2375th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 24 November 1976 at 16h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Prognoz 5
Spacecraft:  SO-M No. 505
Numbers: 1976 payload #140 ; 1976-112A ; 2376th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 25 November 1976 at 4h04 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M / SOL).
Orbit:
Decayed: 12 July 1979
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log; Spacewarn No. 550 ;
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Kosmos 868
Spacecraft:  US-P
Numbers: 1976 payload #141 ; 1976-113A ; 2377th spacecraft.
Type: Ocean surveillance ("RORSAT")
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 26 November 1976 at 14h38 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 ;
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Kosmos 869
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-S No. 3L
Numbers: 1976 payload #142 ; 1976-114A ; 2378th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 29 November 1976 at 16h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Kosmos 870
Spacecraft:  Tselina-O
Numbers: 1976 payload #143 ; 1976-115A ; 2379th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 2 December 1976 at 0h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53731-273).
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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Molniya 2-16
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1976 payload #144 ; 1976-116A ; 2380th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 2 December 1976 at 2h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 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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FSW 1-02  ("Chinasat 7")
Spacecraft:  Fanhui Shi Weixing-1 No. 2
Numbers: 1976 payload #145 ; 1976-117A ; 2381st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: China
Launch: 7 December 1976 at 3h46 UTC, from Jiuquan's LA-2B, by a Chang Zheng 2C (CZ2C-2).
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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Kosmos 871
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #146 ; 1976-118A ; 2382nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 December 1976 at 10h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-330).
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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Kosmos 872
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #147 ; 1976-118B ; 2383rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 December 1976 at 10h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-330).
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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Kosmos 873
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #148 ; 1976-118C ; 2384th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 December 1976 at 10h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-330).
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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Kosmos 874
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #149 ; 1976-118D ; 2385th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 December 1976 at 10h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-330).
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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Kosmos 875
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #150 ; 1976-118E ; 2386th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 December 1976 at 10h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-330).
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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Kosmos 876
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #151 ; 1976-118F ; 2387th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 December 1976 at 10h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-330).
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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Kosmos 877
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #152 ; 1976-118G ; 2388th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 December 1976 at 10h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-330).
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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Kosmos 878
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1976 payload #153 ; 1976-118H ; 2389th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 December 1976 at 10h19 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-330).
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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Kosmos 879
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1976 payload #154 ; 1976-119A ; 2390th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 9 December 1976 at 10h04 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Kosmos 880
Spacecraft:  Lira
Numbers: 1976 payload #155 ; 1976-120A ; 2391st spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 9 December 1976 at 20h09 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53719-153).
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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Kosmos 881
Spacecraft:  TKS VA No. 009A/1
Numbers: 1976 payload #156 ; 1976-121A ; 2392nd spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 15 December 1976 at 1h30 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81/24, by a D-1/Proton-K (8K82K 289-02).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 882
Spacecraft:  TKS VA No. 009/1
Numbers: 1976 payload #157 ; 1976-121B ; 2393rd spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 15 December 1976 at 1h30 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81/24, by a D-1/Proton-K (8K82K 289-02).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 883
Spacecraft:  Tsikada
Numbers: 1976 payload #158 ; 1976-122A ; 2394th spacecraft.
Type: Search and rescue
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 December 1976 at 13h55 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-426).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 884
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MK
Numbers: 1976 payload #159 ; 1976-123A ; 2395th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 17 December 1976 at 9h36 UTC, from Batkonur Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 885
Spacecraft:  Romb
Numbers: 1976 payload #160 ; 1976-124A ; 2396th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 27 December 1976 at 12h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53721-255).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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KH-11 1 KENNAN
Spacecraft:  OPS 5705
Numbers: 1976 payload #161 ; 1976-125A ; 2397th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 19 December 1976 at 18h19 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4E, by a Titan 3D (23D-15).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Kosmos 886
Spacecraft:  IS
Numbers: 1976 payload #162 ; 1976-126A ; 2398th spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 December 1976 at 12h43 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-90, by a F-1/Tsyklon 2.
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Molniya 3-6
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Numbers: 1976 payload #163 ; 1976-127A ; 2399th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 28 December 1976 at 6h38 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 ;
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Kosmos 887
Spacecraft:  Parus
Numbers: 1976 payload #164 ; 1976-128A ; 2400th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 December 1976 at 7h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 65072-415).
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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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