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Cronología De Lanzamientos Espaciales 1 Cronología de lanzamientos espaciales 1 Cronología de Lanzamientos Espaciales Año 1970 Copyright © 2009 by Eladio Miranda Batlle. All rights reserved. Los textos, imágenes y tablas que se encuentran en esta cronología cuentan con la autorización de sus propietarios para ser publicadas o se hace referencia a la fuente de donde se obtuvieron los mismos . Eladio Miranda Batlle [email protected] Cronología de lanzamientos espaciales 2 Contenido 1970 Abril Enero 03.04.70 Kosmos 329 (Zenit-2M #8, 09.01.70 Kosmos 318 (Zenit-2M #7 Gektor #8) Gektor #7) 07.04.70 14.01.70 Intelsat-3 6 Kosmos 330 (Tselina-O #6) 14.01.70 KH-8A 3/KH 8-25 08.04.70 Kosmos 331 (Zenit-4 #67) 15.01.70 1970-003B / 1970-004B 08.04.70 Vela 11 15.01.70 Kosmos 319 (DS-P1-Yu #29) Vela 12 16.01.70 Kosmos 320 (DS-MO #2) 08.04.70 Nimbus 4 20.01.70 Kosmos 321 (DS-U2-MG #1) Topo 1 (S70-3) 21.01.70 Kosmos 322 (Zenit-4 #65) 11.04.70 Kosmos 332 (Tsiklon #5) 23.01.70 Tiros M (ITOS 1) 11.04.70 Apollo 13 (CSM 109) Australis (Oscar 5, A-O-A) LEM 7 30.01.70 Kosmos (323a) (DS-P1-I #7) 15.04.70 KH-8A 4/KH 8-26 15.04.70 Kosmos 333 (Zenit-4M #4, Rotor #4) Febrero 23.04.70 Intelsat-3 7 23.04.70 Kosmos 334 (DS-P1-Yu #31) 04.02.70 SERT 2 23.04.70 06.02.70 Kosmos (323b) (E-8-5) DFH 1 10.02.70 Kosmos 323 (Zenit-4 #66) 24.04.70 Kosmos 335 (DS-U1-R #1) 11.02.70 DMSP-5A F1 25.04.70 Kosmos 336 (Strela-1M #1) 11-02.70 1970-012B Kosmos 337 (Strela-1M #2) Kosmos 338 (Strela-1M #3) 11.02.70 Ohsumi (#5) Kosmos 339 (Strela-1M #4) 16.02.70 Luna (16c) (E-8-5 #6) Kosmos 340 (Strela-1M #5) 19.02.70 Molniya-1 13 Kosmos 341 (Strela-1M #6) 27.02.70 Kosmos 324 (DS-P1-Yu #30) Kosmos 342 (Strela-1M #7) Kosmos 343 (Strela-1M #8) Marzo 28.04.70 Meteor-1 4 04.03.70 Kosmos 325 (Zenit-2 #72) Mayo 04.03.70 KH-4B 9 SSF-B 18/KH-4B 1109 12.05.70 Kosmos 344 (Zenit-2 #74) Subsatellite 20.05.70 KH-4B 10 10.03.70 Dial WIKA SSF-B 19 Dial MIKA 20.05.70 Kosmos 345 (Zenit-4 #68) 13.03.70 Kosmos 326 (Zenit-2 #73) 20.05.70 Doppler Beacon 2 17.03.70 Meteor-1 3 22.05.70 Kosmos (346) (DS-P1-Yu #32) 18.03.70 Kosmos 327 (DS-P1-I #8) 20.03.70 NATO 1 27.03.70 Kosmos 328 (Zenit-4MK #2, Junio Germes #) 01.06.70 Soyuz 9 10.06.70 Kosmos 346 (Zenit-4 #69) 12.06.70 Kosmos 347 (DS-P1-Yu #33) 12.06.70 STV 3 Eladio Miranda Batlle [email protected] Cronología de lanzamientos espaciales 3 13.06.70 Kosmos 348 (DS-U2-GK #2) 25.09.70 Kosmos 365 (OGCh #23) 17.06.70 Kosmos 349 (Zenit-4 #70) 25.09.70 SS (1) MU-4S-1 19.06.70 Rhyolite 1 - Aquacade 1 29.09.70 Molniya-1 15 23.06.70 Meteor-1 5 25.06.70 KH-8A 5/KH 8-27 Octubre 26.06.70 Kosmos 350 (Zenit-2M #9, Gektor #9) 01.10.70 Kosmos 366 (Zenit-2M #12, 26.06.70 Molniya-1 14 Gektor #12) 27.06.70 Kosmos 351 (DS-P1-Yu #34) 03.10.70 Kosmos 367 (US-A #1) 27.06.70 Kosmos (352) (Strela-2M #1) 08.10.70 Kosmos 369 (DS-P1-Yu #36) 08.10.70 Kosmos 368 (Zenit-2M #13, Julio Gektor #13) 09.10.70 OFO 1 07.07.70 Kosmos 352 (Zenit-4 #71) RM 1 09.07.70 Kosmos 353 (Zenit-2M #10, 09.10.70 Kosmos 370 (Zenit-4M #7, Gektor #10) Rotor #7) 21.07.70 Kosmos (354) (Zenit-4 #(72)) 12.10.70 Kosmos 371 (Tsiklon #7) 23.07.70 Intelsat-3 8 14.10.70 Interkosmos 4 (DS-U3-IK #2) 23.07.70 KH-4B 11 15.10.70 Meteor-1 6 28.07.70 Kosmos 354 (OGCh #22) 16.10.70 Kosmos 372 (Strela-2M #2) 20.10.70 Zond 8 (L1 13) 20.10.70 Kosmos 373 (I2M #3) Agosto 23.10.70 Kosmos 374 (I2P #4) 23.10.70 KH-8A 7KH 8-29 07.08.70 Kosmos 355 (Zenit-4 #72) 30.10.70 Kosmos 376 (Zenit-4M #8, 07.08.70 Interkosmos 3 (DS-U2-IK #1) Rotor #8) 10.08.70 Kosmos 356 (DS-U2-MG #2) 30.10.70 Kosmos 375 (I2P #5) 17.08.70 Venera 7 (V-70 #1) 18.08.70 KH-8A 6/KH 8-28 19.08.70 Skynet 1B 19.08.70 Kosmos 357 (DS-P1-Yu #35) Noviembre 20.08.70 Kosmos 358 22.08.70 Kosmos 359 (Venera (8a)) 06.11.70 DSP 1IMEWS 1 (V- 70 #2) 06.11.70 1970-093B / 1970-093C 26.08.70 Ferret 15 10.11.70 Luna 17 (Lunokhod 1) (E-8 #2) 27.08.70 Transit-O 19 11.11.70 Kosmos 377 (Zenit-2M #14, 29.08.70 Kosmos 360 (Zenit-4M #5, Gektor #14) Rotor #5) 17.11.70 Kosmos 378 (DS-U2-IP #1) 18.11.70 KH-4B 12 SSF-B 20 Septiembre 24.11.70 Kosmos 380 (DS-P1-Yu #37) 24.11.70 Kosmos 379 (L3 #1, T2K #1) 01.09.70 Canyon 3 27.11.70 Molniya-1 16 02.09.70 Orba (X 2) 30.11.70 OAO B R-2 Instrument Package 03.09.70 DMSP-5A F2 08.09.70 Kosmos 361 (Zenit-4M #6, Diciembre Rotor #6) 12.09.70 Luna 16 (E-8-5 #6) 02.12.70 Kosmos 381 (Ionofernaya) 16.09.70 Kosmos 362 (DS-P1-I #9) 02.12.70 Kosmos 382 (L1E 2K) 17.09.70 Kosmos 363 (Zenit-2M #11, 03.12.70 Kosmos 383 (Zenit-4MK #4, Gektor #11) Germes #) 22.09.70 Kosmos 364 (Zenit-4MK #3, 10.12.70 Kosmos 384 (Zenit-2M #15, Germes #) Gektor #15) Eladio Miranda Batlle [email protected] Cronología de lanzamientos espaciales 4 11.12.70 NOAA 1 (ITOS A) CEP 1 12.12.70 Kosmos 385 (Tsiklon #8) 12.12.70 Explorer 42 (SAS A) 24.12.70 PeoleUhuru 15.12.70 Kosmos 386 (Zenit-4M #9, Rotor #9) 16.12.70 Kosmos 387 (Tselina-O #7) 18.12.70 Kosmos 389 (Tselina-D #1) 18.12.70 Kosmos 388 (DS-P1-Yu #38) 23.12.70 Kosmos (390) (DS-P1-M #1) 25.12.70 Molniya-1 17 Eladio Miranda Batlle [email protected] Cronología de lanzamientos espaciales 5 Enero 1970 Launch Date: 1970-01-15 Launch Vehicle: Delta Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States Kosmos 318 (Zenit-2M #7 Mass: 810.0 kg Gektor #7) KH-8A 3/KH 8-25 Cosmos 318 was a third generation, low resolution Soviet photo surveillance satellite launched from the Baikonur This US Air Force photo surveillance cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz rocket. satellite was launched from Vandenberg AFB aboard a Titan 3B rocket. It was a Launch Date: 1970-01-09 KH-8 (Key Hole-8) type spacecraft. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz Launch Site: Plesetsk, U.S.S.R Mass: 5700.0 kg Intelsat-3 6 Foto:KH-8A 26 [USAF] Launch Date: 1970-01-14 Launch Vehicle: Titan Launch Site: Vandenberg AFB, United States Intelsat 3 F-6 was launched by NASA for Mass: 3000.0 kg Communications Satellite Corporation. It was part of COMSAT's operational commercial 1970-003B / 1970-004B communications satellite system. Intesat-3 spacecraft were spin stabilized with a despun antenna structure (34 inch tall antenna). Launch Date: 1970-01-15 Launch Vehicle: Delta Hydrazine propulsion system with 4 thrusters Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States and 4 tanks. Passive thermal control. Body mounted solar cells produced 178 W peak, 9 AHr NiCd batteries. The payload consisted of Communications Satellite Corporation two transponders using 12 watt TWTA (United States) amplifiers for multiple access, 1500 voice circuits or 4 TV channels. Kosmos 319 (DS-P1-Yu #29) Eladio Miranda Batlle [email protected] Cronología de lanzamientos espaciales 6 Cosmos 319 was a Soviet DS type military along the flight path. The television system satellite launched from the Plesetsk was housed in the side of the domed nose cosmodrome. section, and its optical axis was directly DS (Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik) were small along nadir. The radiation balance sensor satellites built by Yangel's OKB-586 / KB units were attached to booms that Yuzhnoye in the Ukraine for launch by the telescoped out from the lower and upper same KB's Kosmos launch vehicles. They sides of the satellite base. The lower were used for a wide range of military and sensor unit faced nadir, and the upper scientific research and component proving sensor unit viewed in the zenith direction. tests. Also attached to the base, by means of four long bars, was the annular Launch Date: 1970-01-15 aerodynamic stabilizer, which was capable Launch Vehicle: Kosmos-2I of providing an orientation in space with an Launch Site: Plesetsk, U.S.S.R error less than 5 deg relative to the three Mass: 400.0 kg coordinate axes. The satellite's orientation was also regulated with rather high Kosmos 320 (DS-MO #2) accuracy from the measurements made by the scientific instruments.
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