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Orbital Launches in 1970

7,332 orbital launches since 1957

Search, filter and explore every orbital launch ever attempted — cross-linked to the satellites they deployed, the rockets that flew them and the operators behind them. Built on GCAT & Launch Library 2.

7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since

Orbital Radar lists 124 every orbital launch in 1970, part of 7,332 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

Featured & milestone launches

124 launches
DateMissionVehicleOperatorLaunch sitePayloadsOrbitOutcome
1970-12-25Molniya-1 11F67 No. 221970-114Molniya 8K78MSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeHEOsuccess
1970-12-22DS-P1-M No. 11970-F10Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOfailure
1970-12-18DS-P1-Yu No. 431970-112Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-12-18Tselina-D No. Yu2250-011970-113Vostok 8A92MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-12-16Tselina-OM1970-111Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-12-15Zenit-4M1970-110Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-12-12Tsiklon1970-108Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-12-12Peole1970-109Diamant BCNESGuiana Space CentreLEOsuccess
1970-12-12SAS A1970-107Scout BCRASan MarcoLEOsuccess
1970-12-11ITOS A1970-106Thor Delta N6NASAVandenberg SFBLEOsuccess
1970-12-10Zenit-2M1970-105Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-12-03Zenit-4MK1970-104Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-12-02L-1e No. 2K1970-103Proton-K/DSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeMEOsuccess
1970-12-02Ionosfernaya Stantsiya N1970-102Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk Cosmodrome1 payload ↗LEOsuccess
1970-11-30OAO B1970-U03Atlas SLV-3C CentaurNASACape CanaveralLEOfailure
1970-11-27Molniya-1 11F67 No. 231970-101Molniya 8K78MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeHEOsuccess
1970-11-24T2K No. 11970-099Soyuz 11A511LSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeMEOsuccess
1970-11-24DS-P1-Yu No. 261970-100Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-11-18CORONA QR-2R1970-098Thorad SLV-2H Agena DUS Air ForceVandenberg SFBLEOsuccess
1970-11-17DS-U2-IP No. 11970-097Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-11-11Zenit-2M1970-096Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-11-10E-8 No. 2031970-095Proton-K/DSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeHEOsuccess
1970-11-09OFO1970-094Scout BNASAWallops IslandLEOsuccess
1970-11-06DSP 11970-093Titan IIICUS Air ForceCape Canaveral1 payload ↗GEOsuccess
1970-10-30I2P1970-091Tsiklon-2Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome3 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
1970-10-30Zenit-4M1970-092Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-10-23GAMBIT-3 Mission 43291970-090Titan 23BUS Air ForceVandenberg SFBLEOsuccess
1970-10-23I2P1970-089Tsiklon-2Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur Cosmodrome3 payloads ↗MEOsuccess
1970-10-20L-1 No. 141970-088Proton-K/DSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeHEOsuccess
1970-10-20IS-M1970-087Tsiklon-2Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-10-16Strela-2M1970-086Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-10-15Meteor-M No. 161970-085Vostok 8A92MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-10-14DS-U3-IK No. 21970-084Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesKapustin YarLEOsuccess
1970-10-12Tsiklon1970-083Kosmos 11K65MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-10-09Zenit-4M1970-082Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-10-08DS-P1-Yu No. 421970-081Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-10-08Zenit-2M (Bion)1970-080Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-10-03US-A reactor1970-079Tsiklon-2Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-10-01Zenit-2M1970-078Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-09-29Molniya-1 11F67 No. 191970-077Molniya 8K78M M1MSoviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeHEOsuccess
1970-09-25MS-F11970-F08Mu-4SISASJiuquanLEOfailure
1970-09-25OGCh-K No. Xh22511-651970-076R-36O 8K69MSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-09-22Zenit-4MK1970-075Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-09-17Zenit-2M1970-074Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-09-16DS-P1-I No. 91970-073Kosmos 11K63Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-09-12E-8-5 No. 4061970-072Proton-K/DSoviet Rocket ForcesBaikonur CosmodromeHEOsuccess
1970-09-08Zenit-4M1970-071Voskhod 11A57Soviet Rocket ForcesPlesetsk CosmodromeLEOsuccess
1970-09-03DAPP Block 5A F-21970-070Thor Burner 2ADCOM 10ADSVandenberg SFBLEOsuccess
1970-09-02X-21970-F07Black ArrowRAEWoomeraLEOfailure
1970-09-01CANYON 31970-069Atlas SLV-3A Agena DUS Air ForceCape Canaveral1 payload ↗HEOsuccess

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Every orbital launch since 1957 — 7,332 in total, 159 of them crewed — cross-linked to the rockets, operators and satellites involved. The historical record is built on GCAT and enriched with Launch Library 2, then matched to our live satellite catalogue.

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Full launch index (124 launches)
Molniya-1 11F67 No. 22 (1970-12-25)DS-P1-M No. 1 (1970-12-22)DS-P1-Yu No. 43 (1970-12-18)Tselina-D No. Yu2250-01 (1970-12-18)Tselina-OM (1970-12-16)Zenit-4M (1970-12-15)Tsiklon (1970-12-12)Peole (1970-12-12)SAS A (1970-12-12)ITOS A (1970-12-11)Zenit-2M (1970-12-10)Zenit-4MK (1970-12-03)Ionosfernaya Stantsiya N (1970-12-02)L-1e No. 2K (1970-12-02)OAO B (1970-11-30)Molniya-1 11F67 No. 23 (1970-11-27)T2K No. 1 (1970-11-24)DS-P1-Yu No. 26 (1970-11-24)CORONA QR-2R (1970-11-18)DS-U2-IP No. 1 (1970-11-17)Zenit-2M (1970-11-11)E-8 No. 203 (1970-11-10)DSP 1 (1970-11-06)Zenit-4M (1970-10-30)I2P (1970-10-30)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4329 (1970-10-23)I2P (1970-10-23)L-1 No. 14 (1970-10-20)IS-M (1970-10-20)Strela-2M (1970-10-16)Meteor-M No. 16 (1970-10-15)DS-U3-IK No. 2 (1970-10-14)Tsiklon (1970-10-12)Zenit-4M (1970-10-09)DS-P1-Yu No. 42 (1970-10-08)Zenit-2M (Bion) (1970-10-08)US-A reactor (1970-10-03)Zenit-2M (1970-10-01)Molniya-1 11F67 No. 19 (1970-09-29)MS-F1 (1970-09-25)OGCh-K No. Xh22511-65 (1970-09-25)Zenit-4MK (1970-09-22)Zenit-2M (1970-09-17)DS-P1-I No. 9 (1970-09-16)E-8-5 No. 406 (1970-09-12)Zenit-4M (1970-09-08)DAPP Block 5A F-2 (1970-09-03)X-2 (1970-09-02)CANYON 3 (1970-09-01)Zenit-4M (1970-08-29)NNS O-19 (1970-08-27)STRAWMAN 3 (1970-08-26)4V-1 No. 631 (1970-08-22)Lira (1970-08-20)Skynet IB (1970-08-19)DS-P1-Yu No. 40 (1970-08-19)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4328 (1970-08-18)4V-1 No. 630 (1970-08-17)DS-U2-MG No. 2 (1970-08-10)DS-U2-IK No. 1 (1970-08-07)Zenit-4 No. 76 (1970-08-07)OGCh No. Yu22500-11 (22) (1970-07-28)CORONA CR-12 (1970-07-23)INTELSAT III F-8 (1970-07-23)Zenit-4 No. 75 (1970-07-21)Zenit-2M (1970-07-09)Zenit-4 No. 74 (1970-07-07)Strela-2M (1970-06-27)DS-P1-Yu No. 38 (1970-06-27)Zenit-2M (1970-06-26)Molniya-1 11F67 No. 21 (1970-06-26)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4327 (1970-06-25)Meteor-M No. 17 (1970-06-23)RHYOLITE 1 (1970-06-19)Zenit-4 No. 73 (1970-06-17)DS-U2-GK No. 2 (1970-06-13)STV 7 (1970-06-12)DS-P1-Yu No. 35 (1970-06-12)Zenit-4 No. 72 (1970-06-10)Soyuz No. 17 (1970-06-01)DS-P1-Yu No. 36 (1970-05-22)CORONA CR-11 (1970-05-20)Zenit-4 No. 77 (1970-05-20)Zenit-2 No. 81 (1970-05-12)Meteor 11F614M No. 13 (1970-04-28)Strela-1M (1970-04-25)Dong Fang Hong (1970-04-24)DS-U1-R No. 1 (1970-04-24)DS-P1-Yu No. 31 (1970-04-23)INTELSAT III F-7 (1970-04-23)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4326 (1970-04-15)Zenit-4M (1970-04-15)Apollo CM-109 (1970-04-11)Tsiklon (1970-04-11)Vela 6A (1970-04-08)Nimbus D (1970-04-08)Zenit-4 No. 66 (1970-04-08)Tselina-OM (1970-04-07)Zenit-2M (1970-04-03)Zenit-4MK (1970-03-27)NATO IIA (1970-03-20)DS-P1-I No. 8 (1970-03-18)Meteor 11F614M No. 14 (1970-03-17)Zenit-2 No. 74 (1970-03-13)DIAL Wissenschaftliche K (1970-03-10)Zenit-2 No. 73 (1970-03-04)CORONA CR-10 (1970-03-04)DS-P1-Yu No. 32 (1970-02-27)Molniya-1 11F67 No. 17 (1970-02-19)L-4S-5 (1970-02-11)DAPP Block 5A F-1 (1970-02-11)Zenit-4 No. 71 (1970-02-10)E-8-5 No. 405 (1970-02-06)SERT 2 (1970-02-04)DS-P1-I No. 6 (1970-01-30)Tiros M (1970-01-23)Zenit-4 No. 70 (1970-01-21)DS-U2-MG No. 1 (1970-01-20)DS-MO No. 3 (1970-01-16)DS-P1-Yu No. 25 (1970-01-15)INTELSAT III F-6 (1970-01-15)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4325 (1970-01-14)Zenit-2M (1970-01-09)

Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.