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Orbital Launches in 1973
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.
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7,332
Total launches
149
This year
92.8%
Success rate
159
Crewed
1957
Since
Orbital Radar lists 117 every orbital launch in 1973, 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
| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Launch site | Payloads | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-12-29 | Zaliv1973-109 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1973-12-27 | US-A reactor1973-108 | Tsiklon-2 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-12-26 | DS-U2-GKA No. 21973-107 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-12-25 | Molniya-21973-106 | Molniya 8K78M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1973-12-21 | Zenit-4MK1973-105 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-12-19 | Strela-1M1973-104 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-12-18 | Soyuz 7K-T No. 331973-103 | Soyuz 11A511 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-12-17 | Zenit-4MT1973-102 | Soyuz 11A511M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-12-16 | AE-C1973-101 | Delta 1900 | NASA | Vandenberg SFB | — | MEO | success |
| 1973-12-13 | DSCS II B-31973-100 | Titan IIIC | US Air Force | Cape Canaveral | — | HEO | success |
| 1973-12-13 | DS-P1-I No. 131973-099 | Kosmos 11K63 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-12-04 | Strela-2M1973-098 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-30 | Molniya-11973-097 | Molniya 8K78M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1973-11-30 | Soyuz 7K-T No. 34A1973-096 | Soyuz 11A511 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-28 | DS-P1-Yu No. 641973-094 | Kosmos 11K63 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-28 | Zenit-4MK1973-095 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-27 | Tselina-OM1973-093 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-21 | Zenit-4M1973-092 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-20 | DS-P1-Yu No. 691973-091 | Kosmos 11K63 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-16 | CM-1181973-090 | Saturn IB | NASA | Kennedy Space Center | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-14 | Molniya-1 11F67 No. 321973-089 | Molniya 8K78M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1973-11-10 | HEXAGON SV-71973-088 | Titan IIID | US Air Force | Vandenberg SFB | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-10 | Zenit-4MK1973-087 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-06 | ITOS F1973-086 | Delta 0300 | NASA | Vandenberg SFB | 32 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1973-11-03 | Mariner 73J1973-085 | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | NASA | Cape Canaveral | — | HEO | success |
| 1973-11-02 | Oko1973-084 | Molniya 8K78M 2BL | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1973-10-31 | Bion No. 11973-083 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-30 | DS-U2-IK No. 31973-082 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-30 | NNS O-201973-081 | Scout A-1 | US Air Force | Vandenberg SFB | 3 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-29 | Tselina-D1973-080 | Vostok 8A92M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-27 | Zenit-4M1973-079 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-26 | IMP J1973-078 | Delta 1604 | NASA | Cape Canaveral | — | HEO | success |
| 1973-10-20 | Zenit-4MK1973-077 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-19 | Molniya-21973-076 | Molniya 8K78M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1973-10-16 | Zenit-4M1973-074 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-16 | DS-P1-Yu No. 601973-075 | Kosmos 11K63 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-15 | Zenit-2M1973-073 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-10 | Zenit-4M1973-072 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-06 | Zenit-4MK1973-071 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-03 | Zenit-2M1973-070 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-10-02 | Strela-1M1973-069 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-09-27 | GAMBIT-3 Mission 43401973-068 | Titan 24B | US Air Force | Vandenberg SFB | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-09-27 | Soyuz 7K-T No. 371973-067 | Soyuz 11A511 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-09-21 | Zenit-4MK1973-066 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-09-18 | JSSW1973-F07 | Feng Bao 1 | CASC | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 1973-09-14 | Zaliv1973-065 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-09-08 | Geoid1973-064 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-09-06 | Zenit-4M1973-063 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-08-30 | Zenit-2M1973-062 | Voskhod 11A57 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1973-08-30 | Molniya-11973-061 | Molniya 8K78M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
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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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Zaliv (1973-12-29)US-A reactor (1973-12-27)DS-U2-GKA No. 2 (1973-12-26)Molniya-2 (1973-12-25)Zenit-4MK (1973-12-21)Strela-1M (1973-12-19)Soyuz 7K-T No. 33 (1973-12-18)Zenit-4MT (1973-12-17)AE-C (1973-12-16)DSCS II B-3 (1973-12-13)DS-P1-I No. 13 (1973-12-13)Strela-2M (1973-12-04)Molniya-1 (1973-11-30)Soyuz 7K-T No. 34A (1973-11-30)DS-P1-Yu No. 64 (1973-11-28)Zenit-4MK (1973-11-28)Tselina-OM (1973-11-27)Zenit-4M (1973-11-21)DS-P1-Yu No. 69 (1973-11-20)CM-118 (1973-11-16)Molniya-1 11F67 No. 32 (1973-11-14)HEXAGON SV-7 (1973-11-10)Zenit-4MK (1973-11-10)ITOS F (1973-11-06)Mariner 73J (1973-11-03)Bion No. 1 (1973-10-31)NNS O-20 (1973-10-30)DS-U2-IK No. 3 (1973-10-30)Tselina-D (1973-10-29)Zenit-4M (1973-10-27)IMP J (1973-10-26)Zenit-4MK (1973-10-20)Molniya-2 (1973-10-19)Zenit-4M (1973-10-16)DS-P1-Yu No. 60 (1973-10-16)Zenit-2M (1973-10-15)Zenit-4M (1973-10-10)Zenit-4MK (1973-10-06)Zenit-2M (1973-10-03)Strela-1M (1973-10-02)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4340 (1973-09-27)Soyuz 7K-T No. 37 (1973-09-27)Zenit-4MK (1973-09-21)JSSW (1973-09-18)Zaliv (1973-09-14)Geoid (1973-09-08)Zenit-4M (1973-09-06)Zenit-2M (1973-08-30)Molniya-1 (1973-08-30)Tselina-OM (1973-08-28)Zenit-4M (1973-08-24)INTELSAT IV F7 (1973-08-23)DS-P1-Yu No. 59 (1973-08-22)Jumpseat 3 (1973-08-21)Zenit-4M (1973-08-21)DMSP Block 5B F-4 (1973-08-17)3MP No. 51P (1973-08-09)3MP No. 50P (1973-08-05)Zenit-2M (1973-08-01)Apollo CM-117 (1973-07-28)3MS No. 53S (1973-07-25)Zenit-4M (1973-07-25)3MS No. 52S (1973-07-21)ITOS E (1973-07-16)HEXAGON SV-6 (1973-07-13)Molniya-2 (1973-07-11)Zenit-4M (1973-07-04)Zenit-4MT (1973-06-27)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4339 (1973-06-26)Tselina-OM (1973-06-26)Zenit-2M (1973-06-21)Zaliv (1973-06-20)Soyuz 7K-T No. 36 (1973-06-15)DSP 2 (1973-06-12)RAE B (1973-06-10)Zenit-4M (1973-06-10)Strela-1M (1973-06-08)Zenit-4M (1973-06-06)DS-P1-Yu No. 66 (1973-06-05)Meteor-M No. 27 (1973-05-29)Apollo CM-116 (1973-05-25)Zaliv (1973-05-25)Zenit-2M (1973-05-25)Zenit-4M (1973-05-23)D-5B (1973-05-21)Zenit-4MK (1973-05-18)DS-P1-Yu No. 65 (1973-05-17)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4338 (1973-05-16)Skylab I OWS (1973-05-14)DOS 3 (1973-05-11)Zenit-4MK (1973-05-05)US-A (1973-04-25)Zenit-2M (1973-04-25)Anik A2 (1973-04-20)Zenit-4MK (1973-04-19)DS-U2-IK Kopernik-500 (1973-04-19)DS-P1-Yu No. 55 (1973-04-12)Pioneer G (1973-04-06)Molniya-2 (1973-04-05)Almaz OPS 1 (1973-04-03)Zenit-2M (1973-03-22)Meteor-M No. 29 (1973-03-20)HEXAGON SV-5 (1973-03-09)RHYOLITE 2 (1973-03-06)Zenit-4M (1973-03-06)Zenit-4MK (1973-03-01)Tselina-OM (1973-02-28)SO-M No. 502 (1973-02-15)Zenit-4M (1973-02-08)Molniya-1 11F67 No. 31 (1973-02-03)Zenit-2M (1973-02-01)Tsiklon GVM (1973-01-26)DS-P1-Yu No. 62 (1973-01-24)Tselina-OM (1973-01-20)Zenit-4M (1973-01-11)E-8 No. 204 (1973-01-08)
Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.