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Orbital launches | |
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First | 6 January |
Last | 28 December |
Total | 131 |
Catalogued | 128 |
National firsts | |
Satellite | Indonesia |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Thor DSV-2U |
Retirements | Voskhod Scout B-1 Soyuz Soyuz-M Thor-Burner |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 3 |
Total travellers | 6 |
The following is an outline of 1976 in spaceflight.
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
15 January 05:34:00 | Titan IIIE/Star-37 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | NASA | ||||
Helios-B | NASA / DFVLR | Heliocentric | Solar probe | In orbit | Successful | ||
Achieved a closest approach to the Sun of 43.432 million km (0.29 AU) on 17 April 1976, the closest approach achieved by an artificial satellite; it was succeeded by the Parker Solar Probe in 2018. | |||||||
29 February 03:30:00 | N-I | Tanegashima LA-N | |||||
Ionospheric Sounding Satellite (ISS) Ume | Low Earth | Ionospheric | In orbit | Successful | |||
First launch completed on February 29 | |||||||
15 March 01:25:40 [1] | Titan III(23)C | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | NASA | ||||
LES-8 | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
LES-9 | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Geosynchronous | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Successful | ||
SOLRAD 11A | NRL | Geosynchronous | Heliophysics | In orbit | Successful | ||
SOLRAD 11B | NRL | Geosynchronous | Heliophysics | In orbit | Successful | ||
LES-8 was decommissioned in 2004; LES-9, the last Lincoln Experimental Satellite, continued functioning for 44 years and was finally decommissioned in 2020. [2] | |||||||
22 June 18:04:00 | Proton-K | Baikonur Site 81/23 | |||||
Salyut 5 (Almaz OPS-3) | Low Earth | Space station | 8 August 1977 | Successful | |||
Visited by three crews, one of which failed to dock | |||||||
6 July 12:08:45 | Soyuz | Baikonur Site 1/5 | |||||
Soyuz 21 | Low Earth (Salyut 5) | Salyut expedition | 24 August 18:32:17 | Partial mission failure | |||
Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, final flight of Soyuz 11A511, returned early due to crew illness | |||||||
9 August 12:08:45 | Proton-K/D | Baikonur 81/23 | |||||
Luna 24 | Selenocentric | Lunar lander | 22 August | Successful | |||
Third uncrewed lunar sample return, Third Soviet lunar sample return | |||||||
15 September 09:48:30 | Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 1/5 | |||||
Soyuz 22 | Low Earth | Salyut expedition | 23 September 07:40:47 | Successful | |||
Crewed flight with two cosmonauts | |||||||
14 October 17:39:18 | Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 1/5 | |||||
Soyuz 23 | Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 5) | Salyut expedition | 16 October 17:45:53 | Spacecraft failure | |||
Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, failed to dock with Salyut 5 | |||||||
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
19 August 5:25 | Luna 24 Ascent stage | Mare Crisium ( Luna ) | |||||
Luna 24 Return capsule | Highly elliptical | Sample return | 22 August 1976 | Successful | |||
Third uncrewed lunar sample return mission | |||||||
Date | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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19 June | Viking 1 | Areocentric orbit insertion | |
20 July | Viking 1 Lander | landed in Chryse Planitia | |
7 August | Viking 2 | Areocentric orbit insertion | |
18 August | Luna 24 | landed in Mare Crisium | sample return mission |
19 August | Luna 24 | lift-off from Mare Crisium | 170 grams (6.0 oz) |
3 September | Viking 2 Lander | landed in Utopia Planitia |
The year 1967 in spaceflight saw the most orbital launches of the 20th century and more than any other year until 2021, including that of the first Australian satellite, WRESAT, which was launched from the Woomera Test Range atop an American Sparta rocket. The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 172 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1967.
Explorer 1 was the first American satellite to reach orbit on 31 January 1958.
This article outlines notable events occurring in 1995 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
The following is an outline of 1981 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1983 in spaceflight.
This article outlines notable events occurring in 1994 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
On March 29, 1974 Mariner 10 became the first spacecraft to fly by Mercury, that saw a spacecraft for the first and last time in the 20th century.
The following is an outline of 1992 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1989 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1980 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1987 in spaceflight.
The following is an outline of 1988 in spaceflight.
This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and March 1964. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (April–June), 1964 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1964 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1964 in spaceflight.
This is a list of spaceflights launched between July and September 1964. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (January–March), 1964 in spaceflight (April–June) and 1964 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1964 in spaceflight.
This is a list of spaceflights launched between January and March 1965. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1965 in spaceflight (April–June), 1965 in spaceflight (July–September) and 1965 in spaceflight (October–December). For an overview of the whole year, see 1965 in spaceflight.
This is a list of spaceflights launched between July and December 1961. For launches between January and June, see 1961 in spaceflight (January–June). For an overview of the whole year, see 1961 in spaceflight.
This is a list of spaceflights launched between October and December 1964. For launches in the rest of the year, see 1964 in spaceflight (January–March), 1964 in spaceflight (April–June) and 1964 in spaceflight (July–September). For an overview of the whole year, see 1964 in spaceflight.