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Orbital Launches in 1973

7,412 orbital launches since 1957

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7,412

Total launches

228

This year

92.9%

Success rate

161

Crewed

1957

Since

Orbital Radar lists 117 orbital launches in 1973, part of 7,412 orbital launches catalogued since 1957. Every entry links to the rocket, the operator and the satellites it deployed.

Full launch index (117 launches)

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)Zenit-4MK (1973-11-28)DS-P1-Yu No. 64 (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)Oko (1973-11-02)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)DS-P1-Yu No. 60 (1973-10-16)Zenit-4M (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)DS-U2-IK Kopernik-500 (1973-04-19)Zenit-4MK (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)

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