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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
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ; 
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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Osumi
Spacecraft:  Ohsumi isthe named for district from which the satellite  was launched.
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 ; Astronautics And Aeronautics, 1971, p. 47
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 :
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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).
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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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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).
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Notes: On 31 May 1965, Cheng Chu-yuan, writing in Military Review, reports:  “Along with the development of a nuclear weapon, Communist China has also conducted a program to develop rockets. … Since Communist China has several capable men with long years of experience in the rocket field, and since China began her rocket project almost in the same period with the nuclear weapons program, the development of a rocket booster might soon be anticipated. It is quite possible that China may launch her first rocket within the next two or three years.” 
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; Astronautics and Aeronautics 1965, p. 260-1 ; TRW Space Log ; FAS's DFH-1 ;l
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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:
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 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:
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 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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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:
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 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).
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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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:
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 :
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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:
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:  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:
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 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:
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 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:
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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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:
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 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:
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 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:
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 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:
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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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:
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 1-5
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:
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 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).
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 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:
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 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:
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 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:
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:  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:
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 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:
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 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:
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-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).
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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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).
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 :
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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:
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 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:
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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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:
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 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:
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 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:
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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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: Landed on Venus
Decayed: 15 December 1970 (ceased transmission on Venus' surface).
Mission: On 15 December 1970, Venus 7 landed intact on planet Venus and relayed scientific information from the surface of another planet for the first time. Spacecraft transmitted signals for 23 minutes, recording surface temperature at 475° C and pressure, at 90 atmospheres. Tass said continuous measurements of the atmospheric parameters were made all the way to surface and it was established “that Venus possesses an unusually hot atmosphere, the density of which, at the surface, is about 60 times greater than the density of the atmosphere on the Earth’s surface.”
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;  Astronautics And Aeronautics, 1971, p. 14 ;
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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:
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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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:
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 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:
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 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:
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 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).
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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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).
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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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:
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 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).
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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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 ;
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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:
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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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:
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 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).
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 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:
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 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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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:
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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 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 ;
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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:
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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 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:
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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 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:
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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 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).
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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 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:
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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 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:
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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 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:
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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 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:
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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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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 ;
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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 ;
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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:
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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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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:
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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 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:
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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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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 ;
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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 ;
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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:
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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 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:
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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 ; DSP, A Pictorial ;
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OFO
Spacecraft:  OFO stands for 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: 9 May 1971
Decayed:
Mission:
     OFO 's mission had been adjudged successful on 11 December 1970 as a ll objectives -- including maintenance of two bull-frogs in space to obtain information on functioning and adaptability in weightlessness of vestibule, portion of inner ear which controlled balance -- had been achieved.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Astronautics And Aeronautics, 1971, p. 127 ;
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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: 7 February 1971
Mission: RM had demonstrated that advanced radiation system was feasible  and accurate and had verified improved instrumentation for measuring meteoroid impact, flux, direction, and speed. 
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; ; Astronautics And Aeronautics, 1971, p 40-1 ;
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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: Luna XVII softlanded in moon’s Sea of Rains on 16 November 1970 at 22:47 EST. It released Lunokhod I, self-propelled vehicle placed on Moon to conduct scientific investigations. Luna XVIl was first unmanned spacecraft to land on moon and deploy automatic lunar explorer.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Astronautics And Aeronautics, 1970, p. 365 ;
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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: Lunokhod I, a self-propelled lunar rover vehicle (or selenomobile), was placed on the Sea of Rains by Luna 17 on 16 November 1970 (EST) to conduct scientific investigations. The roving vehicle left Luna 17 descent stage at 1:28 EST on 17 November by special gang-way and traveled 20 m from spacecraft to begin experiments.  It looked like large silver tub about the size of small automobile with eight spoke wheels apparently powered by solar energy and batteries. Tass said Lunokhod I was equipped with scientific apparatus, instruments and control systems, and radio and TV devices. Tass said vehicle’s movement could be controlled automatically or by ground controllers following televised information on position and character of surrounding lunar surface. Between 17 and 22 November, 10 radio and TV sessions were held and large amount of data was transmitted. Chemical composition of surface layer of lunar soil was analyzed with x-ray spectrometer and mechanical properties of lunar soil and transportability of vehicle were investigated. In addition, Panoramic pictures of lunar landscape were taken, in which tracks made by Lunokhod I, details of lunar surface, and parts of vehicle were clearly visible. TASS news agency indicate that, at some points, the incline reached 14 deg. Along the path, Lunokhod encountered deep craters the detours to which were ensured by the operators (on Earth). On 22 Novemberm after five days on lunar surface, Lunokhod I was commanded to terminate operations in preparation for lunar night. Tass said the vehicle had traveled 197 meters. Vehicle was moved to an “assigned position” where it would remain stationary during lunar night and solar panels were closed.
     On 8-9 december 1970, Lunokhod I, resting on lunar surface, resumed exploration of Sea of Rains after two weeks of inactivity during lunar night. On Dec. 9, one-hour communications session was held, solar panels were opened and positioned toward sun, and photos of rising sun and lunar surface were taken. ON 10-11 December, Lunokhod I completed nine-hour exploration mission, traveling 244 meters over lunar surface. Vehicle traveled in and out of crater 16 meters in diameter and 2 meters deep, transmitted TV pictures of landscape and data on soil properties and operation of Lunokhod systems.
     Lunokhod 1, energized by solar cells after surviving second lunar night on the Moon, completed third exploration operation, moving about 128 meters during 435-hr period. Vehicle had been inoperative since beginning of lunar night Dec. 23, 1970, and had been opened to receive solar energy on 8 January 1971. ON 17 January, Lunokhod 1 returned to Luna 17 landing stage, completing one of planned experiments for Luna 17. The lunar rover had traveled 3,173 meters since it landed on moon.
     On 17 May 1971, Lunokhod 1 completed six months of lunar exploration and was still functioning satisiactorily. Pravda reported vehicle was being activated on a month-to-month basis. According to Pravda, Lunokhod 1’s systems “began to give out” at beginning of fifth lunar day in early April, but recuperated. “Now at the height of the sixth lunar day the vehicle, heeding command from Earth, continues to live, work and move about as if it [were] only yesteday, and not Nov. 17 [1970], that it descended from the landing stage that had brought it to the Sea of Rains. The viability of the Lunokhod’s design had turned out to be far greater than its creators expected.”
     On 22 May 1971, Lunokhod 1  began “a new mode of operation requiring only minimum movements,” Tass announced. Vehicle would remain in semi-hibernation, photographing surrounding area and transmitting data to earth until its instruments wore out. 
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Astronautics And Aeronautics, 1970, p. 365, 391, 394 ; Astronautics And Aeronautics, 1971, p 4, 9, 132, 139 ;
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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:
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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 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:
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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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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:
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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 :
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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 ;
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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:
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Mission:
Notes: On 12 May 1965, NASA announced award of $15 million contract to Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. to build an additional Orbiting Astronomical Observatory. Grumman already was building three OAO spacecraft under a previously awarded contract.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; Astronautics and Aeronautics 1965, p. 228 ; TRW Space Log ;
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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 ;
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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:
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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 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 ;
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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:
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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 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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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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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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Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ;
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Explorer 42 / SAS 1 / Uhuru
Spacecraft:  SAS A stands for 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:
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Mission:
     Explorer 42 had detected new x-ray pulsar Cygnus X-1 generating x-ray pulses at 15 per sec in Constellation Cygnus, 13 new x-ray objects in Milky Way and remote galaxies, and confirmed that quasar 3C273 in Seyfert Galaxy was x-ray emitter. Quasar was billion light years away -- most distant object from earth known to emit x-rays.
     On 13 May 1971, Explorer 42 was judged successful by NASA. Satellite had completed full systematic scanning of galactic plane and substantially complete scan (95%) of celestial sphere. Experiment instrumentation was functioning in outstanding manner, exceeding many design objectives. Spacecraft control section performance - except for tape recorder and slight decrease in telemetry modulation, which had not affected data quality - was excellent. Acquired scientific data had touched on every aspect of observational x-ray astronomy and significant unexpected phenomena had been observed. Discovery of three new x-ray pulsars - Cygnus X-1, Centaurus X-3, and Lupus X-1 - revealed class of pulsating x-ray source that differed in many respects from previously known x-ray pulsar in Crab Nebula.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Astronautics And Aeronautics, 1971, p. 89, 131 ;
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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:
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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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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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 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 ;
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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 ;
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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:
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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 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 ;
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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 ;
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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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