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The 174 spacecrafts launched in 1978 :
1) Kosmos 974 / Zenit-4MKM 2) Intelsat 4A F-3 3) Soyuz 27 4) Kosmos 975 / Tselina-D
5) Kosmos 976 / Strela-1M 6) Kosmos 977 / Strela-1M 7) Kosmos 978 / Strela-1M 8) Kosmos 979 / Strela-1M
9) Kosmos 980 / Strela-1M 10) Kosmos 981 / Strela-1M 11) Kosmos 982 / Strela-1M 12) Kosmos 983 / Strela-1M
13) Kosmos 984 / Zenit-2M 14) Kosmos 985 / Parus 15) Progress 1 16) Molniya 3-9
17) Kosmos 986 / Zenit-4MKM 18) FSW 1-03 ("Chinesat 8") 19) IUE 20) Kosmos 987 / Zenit-4MKM
21) EXOS 2 / Kyokko 22) Kosmos 988 / Zenit-4MT (Orion) 23) Fleetsatcom 1 24) Kosmos 989 / Zenit-4MKM
25) ISS 2 / Ume-2 26) Kosmos 990 / Strela-2 27) Navstar 1 / NDS 1 28) SDS 6 / Jumpseat 5
29) Kosmos 991 / Parus 30) Soyuz 28 31) Molniya 1-39 32) Kosmos 992 / Zenit-2M
33) Landsat 3 34) AMSAT-OSCAR 8 (AO-8) 35) PIX 36) Kosmos 993 / Zenit-4MKM
37) Kosmos 994 / Tsiklon 38) Big Bird 14 / KH-9 14 HEXAGON 39) Hitchhiker 40 40) Kosmos 995 / Zenit-2M
41) DSCS 2-9 42) DSCS 2-10 43) Kosmos 996 / Parus 44) Kosmos 997 (TKS)
45) Kosmos 998 (TKS) 46) Kosmos 999 / Zenit-4MKM 47) Kosmos 1000 / Tsikada 48) Intelsat 4A F-6
49) Kosmos 1001 (Soyuz) 50) Kosmos 1002 / Zenit-2M 51) Rhyolite RH-4 / AQUACADE 4 52) BSE 1 / Yuri 1
53) Kosmos 1003 / Zenit-4MKM 54) HCMM 55) AMS 3 / Block 5D #3 56) Kosmos 1004 / Zenit-2M
57) Nauka 58) OTS 2 59) Kosmos 1005 / Tselina-D 60) Kosmos 1006 / Vektor
61) Navstar 2 / NDS 2 62) Kosmos 1007 / Zenit-4MKM 63) Kosmos 1008 / Tselina-OK 64) Kosmos 1009 / IS
65) Pioneer Venus 1 66) Kosmos 1010 / Zenit-4MKT (Fram) 67) Kosmos 1011 / Parus 68) Kosmos 1012 / Zenit-2M
69) Ekran 70) Molniya 1-40 71) Kosmos 1013 / Strela-1M 72) Kosmos 1014 / Strela-1M
73) Kosmos 1015 / Strela-1M 74) Kosmos 1016 / Strela-1M 75) Kosmos 1017 / Strela-1M 76) Kosmos 1018 /Strela-1M
77) Kosmos 1019 / Strela-1M 78) Kosmos 1020 / Strela-1M 79) Kosmos 1021 / Zenit-4MKM 80) IMEWS 8 / CHALET 1
81) Kosmos 1022 / Zenit-4MKM 82) KH-11 2 KENNAN 83) Soyuz 29 84) GOES 3
85) Kosmos 1023  Strela-2 86) Seasat 1 87) Soyuz 30 88) Kosmos 1024 / 
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89) Kosmos 1025 / Tselina GVM 90) Comstar 1C 91) Kosmos 1026 / Energia 2 92) Progress 2
93) GEOS 2 94) Molniya 1-41 95) Raduga 4 96) Kosmos 1027 / Tsiklon
97) SDS 7 98) Kosmos 1028 / Feniks 14 99) Progress 3 100) Pioneer Venus 2
101) Sounder Probe 102) North Probe 103) Day Probe 104) Night Probe
105) ISEE 3 106) Ekran 107) Molniya 1-42 108) Soyuz 31
109) Kosmos 1029 / Zenit-4MKM 110) Kosmos 1030 / Oko 111) Venera 11 112) Kosmos 1031 / Zenit-4MKM
113) Venera 12 114) EXOS B / Jikiken 115) Kosmos 1032 / Zenit-2M 116) Nauka
117) Kosmos 1033 / Zenit-4MKT (Fram) 118) Progress 4 119) Kosmos 1034 / Strela-1M 120) Kosmos 1035 / Strela-1M
121) Kosmos 1036 / Strela-1M 122) Kosmos 1037 / Strela-1M 123) Kosmos 1038 / Strela-1M 124) Kosmos 1039 / Strela-1M
125) Kosmos 1040 / Strela-1M 126) Kosmos 1041 / Strela-1M 127) Kosmos 1042 / Zenit-4MKM 128) Navstar 3
129) Kosmos 1043 / Tselina-D 130) Molniya 3-10  131) Tiros 11 132) Kosmos 1044 / Zenit-2M
133) Ekran 134) Nimbus 7 135) Cameo 136) Interkosmos 18
137) Magion 138) Kosmos 1045 / Meteor-2 GVM 139) Radio 1 / Radio Sputnik 1 (RS-1) 140) Radio 2 / Radio Sputnik 2 (RS-2)
141) Prognoz 7 142) Kosmos 1046 / Zenit-4MT (Orion) 143) HEAO 2 / Einstein Observatory 144) Kosmos 1047 / Zenit-4MKM
145) Kosmos 1048 / Strela-2 146) NATO 3C 147) Kosmos 1049 / Zenit-4MKM 148) Kosmos 1050 / Zenit-6
149) Kosmos 1051 / Strela-1M 150) Kosmos 1052 / Strela-1M 151) Kosmos 1053 / Strela-1M 152) Kosmos 1054 / Strela-1M
153) Kosmos 1055 / Strela-1M 154) Kosmos 1056 / Strela-1M 155) Kosmos 1057 / Strela-1M 156) Kosmos 1058 / Strela-1M
157) Kosmos 1059 / Zenit-4MKM 158) Kosmos 1060 / Zenit-2M 159) Navstar 4 160) DSCS 2-11
161) DSCS 2-12 162) Kosmos 1061 / Zenit-2M 163) Nauka 164) Kosmos 1062 / Tselina-O
165) Anik B / Telesat 4 166) ORIMS 167) Kosmos 1063 / Tselina-D 168) Gorizont 1
169) Kosmos 1064 / Parus 170) Kosmos 1065 / Romb 171) Kosmos 1066 / Astrofizika 1 172) Kosmos 1067 / Sfera
173) Kosmos 1068 / Zenit-4MKM 174) Kosmos 1069 / Zenit-4MT (Orion)
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Spacecraft Entries

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Kosmos 974
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #1 ; 1978-001A ; 2548th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 6 January 1978 at 15h50 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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Intelsat 4A F-3
Spacecraft:  Intelsat IVA F3
Numbers: 1978 payload #2 ; 1978-002A ; 2549th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Intelsat
Launch: 7 January 1978 at 0h15 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36B, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D AC-46 / Centaur-D1AR AC-46).
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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 27
Spacecraft:  Soyuz 7K-T No. 44
Numbers: 1978 payload #3 ; 1978-003A ; 2550th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 10 January 1978 at 12h26 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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Kosmos 975
Spacecraft:  Tselina-D
Numbers: 1978 payload #4 ; 1978-004A ; 2551st spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 January 1978 at 13h26 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
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Decayed: 19 September 2001
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log; Spacewarn No. 575 ;
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Kosmos 976
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #5 ; 1978-005A ; 2552nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 January 1978 at 20h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-319).
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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 977
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #6 ; 1978-005B ; 2553rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 January 1978 at 20h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-319).
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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 978
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #7 ; 1978-005C ; 2554th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 January 1978 at 20h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-319).
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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 979
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #8 ; 1978-005D ; 2555th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 January 1978 at 20h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-319).
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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 980
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #9 ; 1978-005E ; 2556th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 January 1978 at 20h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-319).
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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 981
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #10 ; 1978-005F ; 2557th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 January 1978 at 20h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-319).
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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 982
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #11 ; 1978-005G ; 2558th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 January 1978 at 20h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-319).
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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 983
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #12 ; 1978-005H ; 2559th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 January 1978 at 20h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-319).
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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 984
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1978 payload #13 ; 1978-006A ; 2560th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 13 January 1978 at 15h21 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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Kosmos 985
Spacecraft:  Parus
Numbers: 1978 payload #14 ; 1978-007A ; 2561st spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 17 January 1978 at 3h21 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-327).
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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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Progress 1
Spacecraft:  Progress 7K-TG No. 102
Numbers: 1978 payload #15 ; 1978-008A ; 2562nd spacecraft.
Type: Cargo delivery to Salyut 6
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 20 January 1978 at 8h25 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U E15000-075).
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Notes: The original Progress, 7K-TG or 11F615A15 (the A15 module of the 11F615 Soyuz class vehicle) was first launched in 1978. The Progress was very similar to the 11F615 Soyuz used as a space station crew transport since the 1970s, but replaced the habitation module (bitovoy otsek, BO) with an externally simpler cargo module (gruzovoy otsek, GO) and replaced the recoverable descent vehicle (spuskaemiy apparat, SA) with a non-recoverable fuel module (Otsek komlonyemntov dozapravki, OKD) used for refuelling the space station. 43 Progress vehicles were launched to the DOS-5 (Salyut-6), DOS-6 (Salyut-7), and DOS-7 (Mir) space stations.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 420 ;
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Molniya 3-9
Spacecraft:  Molniya-3 No. 20
Numbers: 1978 payload #16 ; 1978-009A ; 2563rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 24 January 1978 at 6h51 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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Kosmos 986
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #17 ; 1978-010A ; 2564th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 24 January 1978 at 9h50 UTC, from Baykonur 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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FSW 1-03 ("Chinesat 8")
Spacecraft:  Fanhui Shi Weixing-1 No. 3
Numbers: 1978 payload #18 ; 1978-011A ; 2565th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: China
Launch: 26 January 1978 at 4h57 UTC, from Jiuquan's LA-2B, by a Chang Zheng 2C (CZ-2C-3 (6)).
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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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IUE
Spacecraft:  International Ultraviolet Explorer
Numbers: 1978 payload #19 ; 1978-012A ; 2566th spacecraft.
Type: Astronomy
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 26 January 1978 at 17h36 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 628 / Delta 138).
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Mission: End of operations: 30 September 1996.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 446 ;
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Kosmos 987
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #20 ; 1978-013A ; 2567th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 31 January 1978 at 14h52 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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EXOS 2 / Kyokko
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #21 ; 1978-014A ; 2568th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper amtosphere studies
Sponsor: Japan's ISAS / Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science
Launch: 4 February 1978 at 7h00 UTC, from Kagoshima Space Center's M, by a Mu-3H (M-3H-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 988
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MT (Orion)
Numbers: 1978 payload #22 ; 1978-015A ; 2569th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 February 1978 at 12h14 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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Fleetsatcom 1
Spacecraft:  FLTSATCOM F1
Numbers: 1978 payload #23 ; 1978-016A ; 2570th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 9 February 1978 at 21h17 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36A, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-44 / Centaur D-1AR 5024).
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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 989
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #24 ; 1978-017A ; 2571st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 14 February 1978 at 9h36 UTC, from Baykonur 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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ISS 2 / Ume-2
Spacecraft:  Ionosphere Sounding Satellite-b
Numbers: 1978 payload #25 ; 1978-018A ; 2572nd spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: Japan's NASDA
Launch: 16 February 1978 at 4h00 UTC, from Tanegashima Space Center's N, by a N-1 (N-4(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 990
Spacecraft:  Strela-2
Numbers: 1978 payload #26 ; 1978-019A ; 2573rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 17 February 1978 at 16h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53746-312).
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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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 Navstar 1 / NDS 1
Spacecraft:  Block 1-1 / Navstar SVN 1 / GPS 1-1
Numbers: 1978 payload #27 ; 1978-020A ; 2574th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force

Source: A. Parsch
Launch: 22 February 1978 at 23h44 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas F (64F / SGS-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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SDS 6 / Jumpseat 5
Spacecraft:  OPS 6031
Numbers: 1978 payload #28 ; 1978-021A ; 2575th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 25 February 1978 at 5h00 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 34B (Titan 34B-2 (3B-49) / 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 991
Spacecraft:  Parus
Numbers: 1978 payload #29 ; 1978-022A ; 2576th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 February 1978 at 6h43 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-323).
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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 28
Spacecraft:  Soyuz 7K-T No. 45
Numbers: 1978 payload #30 ; 1978-023A ; 2577th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 2 March 1978 at 15h28 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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Molniya 1-39
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #31 ; 1978-024A ; 2578th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 3 March 1978 at 22h04 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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Kosmos 992
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1978 payload #32 ; 1978-025A ; 2579th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 March 1978 at 7h40 UTC, from Baykonur 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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Landsat 3
Spacecraft:  Landsat C
Numbers: 1978 payload #33 ; 1978-026A ; 2580th spacecraft.
Type: Earth remote sensing
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 5 March 1978 at 17h54 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2W, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2910 621 / Delta 139).
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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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AMSAT-OSCAR 8 (AO-8)
Spacecraft:  Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio
Numbers: 1978 payload #34 ; 1978-026B ; 2581st spacecraft.
Type: Radio-amateur communications
Sponsor: AMSAT/ Amateur Satellite Corporation
Launch: 5 March 1978 at 17h54 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2W, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2910 621 / Delta 139).
Orbit: 903 km x 917 km x 99°
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Mission: AMSAT-OSCAR 8, the third phase 2 satellite (Phase II-D), had a similar store-and-forward service as AO-7. It's primary mission was for educational applications and amateur communications. Weighting 27.2 kg, the spacecraft was box- shaped (33 cm high, 38 x 38 cm)  AO-8 is another cooperative international effort (United States, Canada, Germany and Japan). It was in operation for six years until the battery failed on 24 June 1983. 
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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PIX
Spacecraft:  Plasma Interaction Experiment
Numbers: 1978 payload #35 ; 1978-026C ; 2582nd spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 5 March 1978 at 17h54 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-2W, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2910 621 / Delta 139).
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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 993
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #36 ; 1978-027A ; 2583rd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 March 1978 at 10h48 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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Kosmos 994
Spacecraft:  Tsiklon
Numbers: 1978 payload #37 ; 1978-028A ; 2584th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 March 1978 at 15h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53746-315).
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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 14 / KH-9 14 HEXAGON
Spacecraft:  OPS 0460
Numbers: 1978 payload #38 ; 1978-029A ; 2585th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 16 March 1978 at 18h43 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4E, by a Titan 3D (23D-20).
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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 40
Spacecraft:  OPS 7858 / SS D 2 (SSF-D No. 2)
Numbers: 1978 payload #39 ; 1978-029B ; 2586th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 16 March 1978 at 18h43 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4E, by a Titan 3D (23D-20).
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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 995
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1978 payload #40 ; 1978-030A ; 2587th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 17 March 1978 at 10h48 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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DSCS 2-9 / DSCS II C-9
Spacecraft:  OPS 9439 / DSCS II F-9 / DSCS II C-9
Numbers: 1978 payload #41 ; 1978 1st loss ; 2588th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 25 March 1978 at 18h09 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (23C-17) Transtage-35).
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 ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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DSCS 2-10 / DSCS II C-10
Spacecraft:  OPS 9440 / DSCS II F-10 / DSCS II C-10
Numbers: 1978 payload #42 ; 1978 2nd loss ; 2589th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 25 March 1978 at 18h09 UTC, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (23C-17) Transtage-35).
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 ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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Kosmos 996
Spacecraft:  Parus
Numbers: 1978 payload #43 ; 1978-031A ; 2590th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 March 1978 at 1h26 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53746-314).
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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 997 (TKS)
Spacecraft:  TKS VA No. 009A/P2
Numbers: 1978 payload #44 ; 1978-032A ; 2591st spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 30 March 1978 at 0h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81/24?, by a D-1/Proton-K (8K82K 292-01).
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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 998 (TKS)
Spacecraft:  TKS VA No. 009P/2
Numbers: 1978 payload #45 ; 1978-032B ; 2592nd spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 30 March 1978 at 0h00 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81/24?, by a D-1/Proton-K (8K82K 292-01).
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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 999
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #46 ; 1978-033A ; 2593th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 30 March 1978 at 7h55 UTC, from Baykonur 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 1000
Spacecraft:  Tsikada
Numbers: 1978 payload #47 ; 1978-034A ; 2594th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation (second generation)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 31 March 1978 at 13h55 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53768-307).
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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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Intelsat 4A F-6
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #48 ; 1978-035A ; 2595th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Intelsat
Launch: 31 March 1978 at 23h36 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36B, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-48 / Centaur D-1AR 5028).
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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 1001
Spacecraft:  Soyuz 7K-ST No. 4L
Numbers: 1978 payload #49 ; 1978-036A ; 2596th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft test
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 4 April 1978 at 15h07 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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Kosmos 1002
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1978 payload #50 ; 1978-037A ; 2597th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 6 April 1978 at 9h21 UTC, from Baykonur 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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Rhyolite RH-4 / AQUACADE 4
Spacecraft:  OPS 8790 (AFP-472)
Numbers: 1978 payload #51 ; 1978-038A ; 2598th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 7 April 1978 at 0h45 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-13, by an Atlas-Agena D (Atlas SLV-3A 5505A / Agena D A 1554).
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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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BSE 1 / Yuri 1
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #52 ; 1978-039A ; 2599th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: Japan
Launch: 7 April 1978 at 22h01 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 626 / Delta 140).
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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 1003
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #53 ; 1978-040A ; 2600th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 20 April 1978 at 15h36 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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HCMM
Spacecraft:  AEM-A ; Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
Numbers: 1978 payload #54 ; 1978-041A ; 2601st spacecraft.
Type: Earth studies
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 26 April 1978 at 10h20 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-5, by a Scout D-1 (S201C).
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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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AMS 3 / Block 5D #3
Spacecraft:  DMSP 5D F-3 DMSP 5D S-3
Numbers: 1978 payload #55 ; 1978-042A ; 2602nd spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Source : A, Parsch
Launch: 1st May 1978 at 3h05 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-10W, by a Thor-Burner (Thor DSV-2U 143).
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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 1004
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1978 payload #56 ; 1978-043A ; 2603rd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 May 1978 at 15h36 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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Nauka
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #57 ; 1978-043G ; 2604th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 May 1978 at 15h36 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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OTS 2
Spacecraft: OTS-A ; Orbital Test Satellite;
Numbers: 1978 payload #58 ; 1978-044A ; 2605th spacecraft.
Type: Technology
Sponsor: ESA
Launch: 11 May 1978 at 22h59 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta 3914 (Delta 3914 627 / Delta 141.
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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 1005
Spacecraft:  Tselina-D
Numbers: 1978 payload #59 ; 1978-045A ; 2606th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 12 May 1978 at 4h04 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
Orbit:
Decayed: 15 June 2000
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Spacewarn No. 560 ;
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Kosmos 1006
Spacecraft:  Vektor
Numbers: 1978 payload #60 ; 1978-046A ; 2607th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 12 May 1978 at 11h02 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a  Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53746-318).
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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Navstar 2 / NDS 2
Spacecraft:  Block 1-2 / Navstar SVN 2 / GPS 1-2
Numbers: 1978 payload #61 ; 1978-047A ; 2608th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 13 May 1978 at 10h34 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas F (49F / SGS-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 1007
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #62 ; 1978-048A ; 2609th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 16 May 1978 at 10h48 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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Kosmos 1008
Spacecraft:  Tselina-OK
Numbers: 1978 payload #63 ; 1978-049A ; 2610th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 17 May 1978 at 14h38 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53798-316).
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 1009
Spacecraft:  IS
Numbers: 1978 payload #64 ; 1978-050A ; 2611th spacecraft.
Type: Antisatellite technologies
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 19 May 1978 at 0h28 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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Pioneer Venus 1
Spacecraft:  Pioneer Venus Orbiter
Numbers: 1978 payload #65 ; 1978-051A ; 2612th spacecraft.
Type: Venus probe
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 20 May 1978 at 13h13 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's SLV-3D, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-50 / Centaur D-1AR 5030).
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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 1010
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKT (Fram)
Numbers: 1978 payload #66 ; 1978-052A ; 2613th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 23 May 1978 at 7h30 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 1011
Spacecraft:  Parus
Numbers: 1978 payload #67 ; 1978-053A ; 2614th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 23 May 1978 at 16h48 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1?, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53768-310).
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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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Kosmos 1012
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1978 payload #68 ; 1978-054A ; 2615th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 25 May 1978 at 14h38 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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Ekran
Spacecraft:  Ekran No. 13L
Numbers: 1978 payload #69 ; 1978 3rd loss ; 2616th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 27 May 1978 at 1h25 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-200/40, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/DM (8K82K 294-02 / 11S86 11L).
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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 1-40
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #70 ; 1978-055A ; 2617th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 2 June 1978 at 12h14 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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Kosmos 1013
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #71 ; 1978-056A ; 2618th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 June 1978 at 21h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-321).
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 1014
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #72 ; 1978-056B ; 2619th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 June 1978 at 21h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-321).
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 1015
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #73 ; 1978-056C ; 2620th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 June 1978 at 21h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-321).
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 1016
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #74 ; 1978-056D ; 2621st spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 June 1978 at 21h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-321).
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 1017
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #75 ; 1978-056E ; 2622nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 June 1978 at 21h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-321).
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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 1018
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #76 ; 1978-056F ; 2623rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 June 1978 at 21h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-321).
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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 1019
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #77 ; 1978-056G ; 2624th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 June 1978 at 21h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-321).
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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 1020
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #78 ; 1978-056H ; 2625th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 June 1978 at 21h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-321).
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 1021
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #79 ; 1978-057A ; 2626th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 June 1978 at 8h38 UTC, from Baykonur 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 8 / CHALET 1
Spacecraft:  OPS 9454
Numbers: 1978 payload #80 ; 1978-058A ; 2627th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 10 June 1978 at 19h12 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (23C-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 1022
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #81 ; 1978-059A ; 2628th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 12 June 1978 at 10h33 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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KH-11 2 KENNAN
Spacecraft:  OPS 4515
Numbers: 1978 payload #82 ; 1978-060A ; 2829th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Launch: 14 June 1978 at 18h28 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4E, by a Titan 3D (23D-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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Soyuz 29
Spacecraft:  Soyuz 7K-T No. 46
Numbers: 1978 payload #83 ; 1978-061A ; 2630th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 15 June 1978 at 20h17 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome LC-1, 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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GOES 3
Spacecraft:  GOES C
Numbers: 1978 payload #84 ; 1978-062A ; 2631st spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: NOAA
Launch: 16 June 1978 at 10h49 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 625 / Delta 142).
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 1023
Spacecraft:  Strela-2
Numbers: 1978 payload #85 ; 1978-063A ; 2632nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 June 1978 at 9h36 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-317).
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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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Seasat 1
Spacecraft:  Seasat A
Numbers: 1978 payload #86 ; 1978-064A ; 2633rd spacecraft.
Type: Ocean monitoring
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 27 June 1978 at 1h12 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by an Atlas F (Atlas 23F / 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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Soyuz 30
Spacecraft:  Soyuz 7K-T(A9) No. 67
Numbers: 1978 payload #87 ; 1978-065A ; 2634th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 27 June 1978 at 15h27 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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Kosmos 1024
Spacecraft:  Oko
Numbers: 1978 payload #88 ; 1978-066A ; 2635th spacecraft.
Type: Missible early warning
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 June 1978 at 2h59 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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Kosmos 1025
Spacecraft:  Tselina GVM
Numbers: 1978 payload #89 ; 1978-067A ; 2636th spacecraft.
Type:
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 June 1978 at 17h31 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-32/2, by a F-2/Tsyklon 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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Comstar 1C
Spacecraft:  Comstar D-3
Numbers: 1978 payload #90 ; 1978-068A ; 2637th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor:
Launch: 29 June 1978 at 22h25 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36B, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-41 / Centaur D-1AR 5021).
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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 1026
Spacecraft:  Energia No. 2
Numbers: 1978 payload #91 ; 1978-069A ; 2638th spacecraft.
Type: Micrometeorids studies
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 2 July 1978 at 9h36 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, 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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Progress 2
Spacecraft:  Progress 7K-TG No. 101
Numbers: 1978 payload #92 ; 1978-070A ; 2639th spacecraft.
Type: Cargo delivery to Salyut 6
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 7 July 1978 at 11h26 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U S15000-128).
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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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GEOS 2
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #93 ; 1978-071A ; 2640th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: ESA
Launch: 14 July 1978 at 10h43 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 631 / Delta 143).
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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 1-41
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #94 ; 1978-072A ; 2641st spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 14 July 1978 at 15h07 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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Raduga 4
Spacecraft:  Gran' No. 14L
Numbers: 1978 payload #95 ; 1978-073A ; 2642nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 19 July 1978 at 21h59 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-200/40, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/DM (8K82K 292-02 / 11S86 10L).
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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 1027
Spacecraft:  Tsiklon
Numbers: 1978 payload #96 ; 1978-074A ; 2643rd spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 27 July 1978 at 4h48 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-313).
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 7
Spacecraft: OPS 7310 / SDS 3
Numbers: 1978 payload #97 ; 1978-075A ; 2644th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 5 August 1978 at 5h00 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-4W, by a Titan 34B (34B-7 (3B-57) / Ascent Agena D).
Orbit:
Decayed: 8 February 2001
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Spacewarn No. 568 ;
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Kosmos 1028
Spacecraft:  Feniks No. 14
Numbers: 1978 payload #98 ; 1978-076A ; 2645th spacecraft.
Type:
Sponsor:
Launch: 5 August 1978 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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Progress 3
Spacecraft:  Progress 7K-TG No. 103
Numbers: 1978 payload #99 ; 1978-077A ; 2646th spacecraft.
Type: Cargo delivery to Salyut 6
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 8 August 1978 at 22h31 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, 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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Pioneer Venus 2
Spacecraft:  Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
Numbers: 1978 payload #100 ; 1978-078A ; 2647th spacecraft.
Type: Venus probe
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 8 August 1978 at 7h33 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's SLV-3D, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-51 / Centaur D-1AR 5031).
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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Sounder Probe
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #101 ; 1978-078D ; 2648th spacecraft.
Type: Venus probe
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 8 August 1978 at 7h33 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's SLV-3D, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-51 / Centaur D-1AR 5031).
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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North Probe
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #102 ; 1978-078E ; 2649th spacecraft.
Type: Venus probe
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 8 August 1978 at 7h33 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's SLV-3D, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-51 / Centaur D-1AR 5031).
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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Day Probe
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #103 ; 1978-078F ; 2650th spacecraft.
Type: Venus probe
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 8 August 1978 at 7h33 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's SLV-3D, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-51 / Centaur D-1AR 5031).
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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Night Probe
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #104 ; 1978-078G ; 2651st spacecraft.
Type: Venus probe
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 8 August 1978 at 7h33 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's SLV-3D, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-51 / Centaur D-1AR 5031).
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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ISEE 3 / ICE
Spacecraft: ISEE stands for International Sun-Earth Explorer.  Itwas renamed ICE, for International Cometary Explorer, after its trip to P/Giacobini-Zinner in 1985.
Numbers: 1978 payload #105 ; 1978-079A ; 2652nd spacecraft.
Type: Earth-Sun relations studies
Sponsor: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Launch: 12 August 1978 at 15h12 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 633 / Delta 144).
Orbit: Solar orbit:
2014: 0.927 AU x 1.034 AU x 0.06°
Mission: ISEE 3/ICE was the first spacecraft at the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange point. It ends its mission in 1997.
     The probe is returning to the vicinity of the Earth in August 2014, following 30 years in solar orbit.  On 18 April 2014, it was at a distance of 28.9 million km from Earth. Current (but inaccurate) orbital data suggest that on 9 August 2014 at 11h45 UT, it will pass only 397,000 km from Earth and then return to a solar orbit with slightly higher period and inclination. A group of enthusiasts is attempting to revive the spacecraft..
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Jonathan Space Report No. 696 ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 446 ;
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Ekran
Spacecraft:  Ekran No. 15L
Numbers: 1978 payload #106 ; 1978 4th loss ; 2653rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 17 August 1978 at 20h02 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-200/40, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/DM (8K82K 297-02 / 11S86 14L).
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 1-42
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #107 ; 1978-080A ; 2654th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 23 August 1978 at 23h44 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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Soyuz 31
Spacecraft:  Soyuz 7K-T No. 47
Numbers: 1978 payload #108 ; 1978-081A ; 2655th spacecraft.
Type: Piloted spacecraft
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 26 August 1978 at 14h51 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 1029
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #109 ; 1978-082A ; 2656th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 29 August 1978 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 1030
Spacecraft: Oko
Numbers: 1978 payload #110 ; 1978-083A ; 2657th spacecraft.
Type: Missible early warning
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 6 September 1978 at 3h04 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M).
Orbit:
Decayed: 17 August 2004.
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Spacewarn No. 610 ;
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Venera 11
Spacecraft:  4V-1 No. 360
Numbers: 1978 payload #111 ; 1978-084A ; 2658th spacecraft.
Type: Venus probe
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 9 September 1978 at 3h25 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81/23, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D-1 (8K82K 296-01 / 11S824M 3L).
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 1031
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #112 ; 1978-085A ; 2659th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 9 September 1978 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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Venera 12
Spacecraft: 4V-1 No. 361
Numbers: 1978 payload #113 ; 1978-086A ; 2660th spacecraft.
Type: Venus probe
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 14 September 1978 at 2h25 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-81/24, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/D-1 (8K82K 296-02 / 11S824M 4L).
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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EXOS B / Jikiken
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #114 ; 1978-087A ; 2661st spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: Japan's ISAS / Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science
Launch: 16 September 1978 at 5h02 UTC, from Kagoshima Space Center's M, by a Mu-3H (M-3H-3).
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 1032
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1978 payload #115 ; 1978-088A ; 2662nd spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 19 September 1978 at 8h09 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
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #116 ; 1978-088D ; 2663rd spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 19 September 1978 at 8h09 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 1033
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKT (Fram)
Numbers: 1978 payload #117 ; 1978-089A ; 2664th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 3 October 1978 at 11h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-43/3, 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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Progress 4
Spacecraft:  Progress 7K-TG No. 105
Numbers: 1978 payload #118 ; 1978-090A ; 2665th spacecraft.
Type: Cargo delivery to Salyut 6
Sponsor: Soviet Union (Korolev's Design Bureau)
Launch: 4 October 1978 at 23h09 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-1, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U Ye15000-152).
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 1034
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #119 ; 1978-091A ; 2666th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 October 1978 at 3h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-429).
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 1035
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #120 ; 1978-091B ; 2667th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 October 1978 at 3h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-429).
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 1036
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #121 ; 1978-091C ; 2668th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 October 1978 at 3h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-429).
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 1037
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #122 ; 1978-091D ; 2669th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 October 1978 at 3h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-429).
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 1038
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #123 ; 1978-091E ; 2670th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 October 1978 at 3h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-429).
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 1039
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #124 ; 1978-091F ; 2671st spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 October 1978 at 3h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-429).
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 1040
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #125 ; 1978-091G ; 2672nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 October 1978 at 3h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-429).
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 1041
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #126 ; 1978-091H ; 2673rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 4 October 1978 at 3h16 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-429).
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 1042
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #127 ; 1978-092A ; 2674th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 6 October 1978 at 15h36 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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Navstar 3 / GPS 1-3
Spacecraft:  Block 1-3 / Navstar SVN 3 / GPS 1-3
Numbers: 1978 payload #128 ; 1978-093A ; 2675th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 7 October 1978 at 0h28 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas F (47F / SGS-1).
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 1043
Spacecraft:  Tselina-D
Numbers: 1978 payload #129 ; 1978-094A ; 2676th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 10 October 1978 at 19h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
Orbit:
Decayed: 27 February 1998
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log; Spacewarn No. 533 ;
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Molniya 3-10
Spacecraft:  Molniya-3 No. 22
Numbers: 1978 payload #130 ; 1978-095A ; 2677th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 13 October 1978 at 5h19 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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Tiros 11
Spacecraft:  Tiros-N
Numbers: 1978 payload #131 ; 1978-096A ; 2678th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 13 October 1978 at 11h23 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC2W, by an Atlas F (29F / Star-37S-ISS).
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 1044
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1978 payload #132 ; 1978-097A ; 2679th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 17 October 1978 at 15h07 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz I11A511U).
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
Spacecraft:  Ekran No. 14L
Numbers: 1978 payload #133 ; 1978 5th loss ; 2680th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 17 October 1978 at 16h04 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-200/40, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/DM (8K82K 298-01 / 11S86 12L).
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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Nimbus 7
Spacecraft:  Nimbus G
Numbers: 1978 payload #134 ; 1978-098A ; 2681st spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor:
Launch: 13 October 1978 at 8h15 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2910 630 / Delta 145).
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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Cameo
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #135 ; 1978-098B ; 2682nd spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 13 October 1978 at 8h15 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3W, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2910 630 / Delta 145).
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 18
Spacecraft:  AUOS-Z Mag-IK
Numbers: 1978 payload #136 ; 1978-099A ; 2683rd spacecraft.
Type: Space science
Sponsor: Soviet Union + East European countries
Launch: 24 October 1978 at 19h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmdrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 65055-106).
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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Magion S2
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #137 ; 1978-099C ; 2684th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: Czechoslovakia
Launch: 24 October 1978 at 19h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmdrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 65055-106).
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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Kosmos 1045
Spacecraft:  Meteor-2 GVM
Numbers: 1978 payload #138 ; 1978-100A ; 2685th spacecraft.
Type: Meteorology
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 26 October 1978 at 6h57 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-32/2, by a F-2/Tsyklon 3.
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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Radio 1 / Radio Sputnik 1 (RS-1)
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #139 ; 1978-100B ; 2686th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (radio-amateur)
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 26 October 1978 at 6h57 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-32/2, by a F-2/Tsyklon 3.
Orbit: 689 x 1,709 km x 82.55°
Decayed:
Mission: First Soviet amateur-communications satellites, RS-1 and RS-2 both contained linear transponders telemetry beacon and Codestore unit similar to AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Their transponders could be kept operating for only a few months before battery problems disabled both spacecraft. Each spacecraft weights 40 kg and were 390 x 420 mm diameter. 
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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Radio 2 / Radio Sputnik 2 (RS-1)
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #140 ; 1978-100C ; 2687th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (radio-amateur)
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 26 October 1978 at 6h57 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-32/2, by a F-2/Tsyklon 3.
Orbit: 689 x 1,709 km x 82.55°
Decayed:
Mission: First Soviet amateur-communications satellites, RS-1 and RS-2 both contained linear transponders telemetry beacon and Codestore unit similar to AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Their transponders could be kept operating for only a few months before battery problems disabled both spacecraft. Each spacecraft weights 40 kg and were 390 x 420 mm diameter. 
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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Prognoz 7
Spacecraft:  O-M No. 507
Numbers: 1978 payload #141 ; 1978-101A ; 2688th spacecraft.
Type: Earth upper atmosphere studies
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 30 October 1978 at 0h23 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-31, by an A-2-e/"Molniya" (8K78M / SOL).
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 1046
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MT (Orion)
Numbers: 1978 payload #142 ; 1978-102A ; 2689th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 1st November 1978 at 12h00 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's, 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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HEAO 2 / Einstein Observatory
Spacecraft: HEAO B
Numbers: 1978 payload #143 ; 1978-103A ; 2690th spacecraft.
Type: Astronomy
Sponsor: NASA
Launch: 13 November 1978 at 5h24 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-36B, by an Atlas-Centaur (Atlas SLV-3D(R) AC-52 / Centaur D-1AR 5032).
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 1047
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #144 ; 1978-104A ; 2691st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 November 1978 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 1048
Spacecraft:  Strela-2
Numbers: 1978 payload #145 ; 1978-105A ; 2692nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 17 November 1978 at 21h50 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53755-111).
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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NATO 3C
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #146 ; 1978-106A ; 2693rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: NATO
Launch: 19 November 1978 at 0h46 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17B, by a Delta 2914 (Delta 2914 634 / Delta 146).
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 1049
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #147 ; 1978-107A ; 2694th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 21 November 1978 at 12h00 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 1050
Spacecraft:  Zenit-6
Numbers: 1978 payload #148 ; 1978-108A ; 2695th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 November 1978 at 16h19 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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Kosmos 1051
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #149 ; 1978-109A ; 2696th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 December 1978 at 18h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-320).
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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 1052
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #150 ; 1978-109B ; 2697th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 December 1978 at 18h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-320).
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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 1053
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #151 ; 1978-109C ; 2698th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 December 1978 at 18h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-320).
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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 1054
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #152 ; 1978-109D ; 2699th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 December 1978 at 18h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-320).
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 1055
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #153 ; 1978-109E ; 2700th spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 December 1978 at 18h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-320).
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 1056
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #154 ; 1978-109F ; 2701st spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 December 1978 at 18h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-320).
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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 1057
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #155 ; 1978-109G ; 2702nd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 December 1978 at 18h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-320).
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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 1058
Spacecraft:  Strela-1M
Numbers: 1978 payload #156 ; 1978-109H ; 2703rd spacecraft.
Type: Communications (store/dump)
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 5 December 1978 at 18h14 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53716-320).
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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 1059
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #157 ; 1978-110A ; 2704th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 7 December 1978 at 15h36 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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Kosmos 1060
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1978 payload #158 ; 1978-111A ; 2705th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 8 December 1978 at 9h36 UTC, from Baykonur 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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Navstar 4
Spacecraft:  Block 1-4 / Navstar SVN 4 / GPS 1-4
Numbers: 1978 payload #159 ; 1978-112A ; 2706th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 11 December 1978 at 3h59 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's SLC-3E, by an Atlas F (39F / SGS-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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DSCS 2-11 / DSCS II C-11
Spacecraft:  OPS 9441
Numbers: 1978 payload #160 ; 1978-113A ; 2707th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 14 December 1978 at 0h43 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (23C-18, Transtage-36).
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Mission: Retired on 13 December 1993.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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DSCS 2-12 / DSCS II C-12
Spacecraft:  OPS 9442
Numbers: 1978 payload #161 ; 1978-113B ; 2708th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force
Launch: 14 December 1978 at 0h43 UTC, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's LC-40, by a Titan 3C (23C-18, Transtage-36).
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Mission: Retired on 13 December 1993.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 495 ;
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Kosmos 1061
Spacecraft:  Zenit-2M
Numbers: 1978 payload #162 ; 1978-114A ; 2709th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 14 December 1978 at 15h21 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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Nauka
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #163 ; 1978-114C ; 2710th spacecraft.
Type: Science & technology
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 14 December 1978 at 15h21 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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Kosmos 1062
Spacecraft:  Tselina-O
Numbers: 1978 payload #164 ; 1978-115A ; 2711th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 15 December 1978 at 13h26 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-408).
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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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Anik B / Telesat 4
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #165 ; 1978-116A ; 2712th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Telesat Canada
Launch: 15 December 1978 at 0h21 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta 3914 (Delta 3914 632 / Delta 147).
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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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DRIMS
Spacecraft: 
Numbers: 1978 payload #166 ; 1978-116B ; 2713th spacecraft.
Type:
Sponsor:
Launch: 15 December 1978 at 0h21 UTC, from Cape Canaveral's LC-17A, by a Delta 3914 (Delta 3914 632 / Delta 147).
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 1063
Spacecraft:  Tselina-D
Numbers: 1978 payload #167 ; 1978-117A ; 2714th spacecraft.
Type: Electronic intelligence
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 19 December 1978 at 1h40 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
Orbit:
Decayed: 25 November 2001
Mission:
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Spacewarn No. 577 ;
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Gorizont 1
Spacecraft:  Gorizont No. 11L
Numbers: 1978 payload #168 ; 1978-118A ; 2715th spacecraft.
Type: Communications
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 19 December 1978 at 12h15 UTC, from Baykonur Cosmodrome's LC-200/40, by a D-1-e/Proton-K/DM (8K82K 295-02 / 11S86 17L).
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 1064
Spacecraft:  Parus
Numbers: 1978 payload #169 ; 1978-119A ; 2716th spacecraft.
Type: Navigation
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 20 December 1978 at 20h42 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 47182-425).
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 1065
Spacecraft:  Romb
Numbers: 1978 payload #170 ; 1978-120A ; 2717th spacecraft.
Type: Radar calibration
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 23 December 1978 at 22h04 UTC, from Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome's LC-107/1, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 65068-305).
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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 1066
Spacecraft:  Astrofizika 1
Numbers: 1978 payload #171 ; 1978-121A ; 2718th spacecraft.
Type: Astronomy
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 23 December 1978 at 8h52 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-1/"Vostok" (8A92M).
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Notes: Kosmos-1066 was identified in 1997 as being the cover name for the article 11F653 spacecraft "Astrofizika". The Astrofizika name suggested a possible astrophysics payload but no science results had been reported. In 2004, the Russian magazine Novosti Kosmonavtiki quotes Yuriy Trifonov, director of VNII Elektromekhaniki, the design organization for the Meteors, as saying that Kosmos-1066 was based on Meteor-1 and carried special optical instruments for the observation of artificially created "light sources" on Earth; the craft carried an SPD-50 electric thruster like those on Meteor-Priroda to allow its orbit to be adjusted to pass over the experiment sites. The Astrofizika satellite is believed to have operated for almost two years. The magazine speculate the experiments may have been military in nature, and it is to be note that the main USSR organization for the development of directed energy weapons was called NPO Astrofizika. Maybe the satellite was measuring laser signal strength from an experimental laser at the Terra-3 facility to study propagation energy losses, for future application to beam weapons, or something of that kind; it could have been just a jumped-up satellite tracking laser.
Source: Jonathan McDowell's Master List ; Mark Wade’s Encyclopedia Astronautica ; National Space Science Data Center's ; TRW Space Log ; Jonathan Space Report No. 532 ;
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Kosmos 1067
Spacecraft:  Sfera
Numbers: 1978 payload #172 ; 1978-122A ; 2719th spacecraft.
Type: Geodesy
Sponsor: Soviet Union
Launch: 26 December 1978 at 13h26 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome's LC-132/2, by a Kosmos C-1 (11K65M 53782-430).
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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 1068
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MKM
Numbers: 1978 payload #173 ; 1978-123A ; 2720th spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 26 December 1978 at 15h36 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 1069
Spacecraft:  Zenit-4MT (Orion)
Numbers: 1978 payload #174 ; 1978-124A ; 2721st spacecraft.
Type: Reconnaissance
Sponsor: Soviet Union's Defense ministry
Launch: 28 December 1978 at 16h33 UTC, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, by an A-2/Soyuz (11A511U).
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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