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Orbital Launches in 1976
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 131 every orbital launch in 1976, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-12-28 | Molniya-3 No. 171976-127 | Molniya 8K78M ML | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1976-12-28 | Parus1976-128 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-27 | IS1976-126 | Tsiklon-2 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 15 payloads ↗ | MEO | success |
| 1976-12-19 | KH11-1 KENNAN1976-125 | Titan IIID | US Air Force | Vandenberg SFB | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-17 | Romb 21976-124 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-17 | Zenit-4MK1976-123 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-15 | TKS VA No. 009A/11976-121 | Proton-K | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-15 | Tsikada1976-122 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-09 | Lira1976-120 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-09 | Zenit-2M1976-119 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-07 | Strela-1M1976-118 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-07 | FSW No. 31976-117 | Chang Zheng 2C | CASC | Jiuquan | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-02 | Tselina-OM1976-115 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-12-02 | Molniya-21976-116 | Molniya 8K78M ML | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1976-11-29 | Soyuz 7K-S No. 3L1976-114 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-11-26 | US-P1976-113 | Tsiklon-2 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-11-25 | SO-M No. 5051976-112 | Molniya 8K78M SOL | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1976-11-23 | Zenit-61976-111 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-11-11 | Zenit-4MK1976-110 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-11-10 | JSSW?1976-F03 | Feng Bao 1 | CASC | Jiuquan | — | LEO | failure |
| 1976-11-01 | Zenit-2M1976-109 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-10-29 | Parus1976-108 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1976-10-26 | Ekran No. 11L1976-107 | Proton-K/DM | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 1976-10-25 | Zenit-4MK1976-106 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-10-22 | Oko1976-105 | Molniya 8K78M 2BL | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1976-10-21 | US-A reactor1976-104 | Tsiklon-2 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-10-17 | US-A reactor1976-103 | Tsiklon-2 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 3 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1976-10-15 | Meteor No. 351976-102 | Vostok 8A92M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-10-14 | Marisat C1976-101 | Delta 2914 | NASA | Cape Canaveral | — | HEO | success |
| 1976-10-14 | Soyuz 7K-T(A9) No. 651976-100 | Soyuz 11A511 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-10-10 | Zenit-4MK1976-099 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-10-04 | Fram1976-F02 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | failure |
| 1976-09-29 | Strela-2M1976-098 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1976-09-24 | Zenit-4MK1976-097 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-09-22 | Zenit-2M1976-096 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-09-21 | Orion1976-095 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-09-15 | GAMBIT-3 Mission 43471976-094 | Titan 24B | US Air Force | Vandenberg SFB | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-09-15 | Soyuz 7K-TM No. 741976-093 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-09-11 | Gran' No. 12L1976-092 | Proton-K/DM | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 1976-09-11 | DMSP Block 5D S-11976-091 | Thor DSV-2U | ADCOM 10ADS | Vandenberg SFB | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-09-03 | Zenit-4MK1976-090 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-09-01 | Molniya-21976-088 | Molniya 8K78M ML | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | failure |
| 1976-09-01 | TIP 31976-089 | Scout D-1 | AFSC | Vandenberg SFB | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-08-30 | JSSW1976-087 | Feng Bao 1 | CASC | Jiuquan | — | MEO | success |
| 1976-08-28 | Zenit-4MK1976-086 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-08-27 | Tselina-D1976-085 | Vostok 8A92M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-08-26 | DS-P1-Yu No. 791976-084 | Kosmos 11K63 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-08-18 | DS-P1-I No. 171976-083 | Kosmos 11K63 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-08-12 | Zenit-2M1976-082 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1976-08-09 | E-8-5M No. 4131976-081 | Proton-K/D-1 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur 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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Parus (1976-12-28)Molniya-3 No. 17 (1976-12-28)IS (1976-12-27)KH11-1 KENNAN (1976-12-19)Romb 2 (1976-12-17)Zenit-4MK (1976-12-17)TKS VA No. 009A/1 (1976-12-15)Tsikada (1976-12-15)Lira (1976-12-09)Zenit-2M (1976-12-09)Strela-1M (1976-12-07)FSW No. 3 (1976-12-07)Tselina-OM (1976-12-02)Molniya-2 (1976-12-02)Soyuz 7K-S No. 3L (1976-11-29)US-P (1976-11-26)SO-M No. 505 (1976-11-25)Zenit-6 (1976-11-23)Zenit-4MK (1976-11-11)JSSW? (1976-11-10)Zenit-2M (1976-11-01)Parus (1976-10-29)Ekran No. 11L (1976-10-26)Zenit-4MK (1976-10-25)US-A reactor (1976-10-21)US-A reactor (1976-10-17)Meteor No. 35 (1976-10-15)Marisat C (1976-10-14)Soyuz 7K-T(A9) No. 65 (1976-10-14)Zenit-4MK (1976-10-10)Fram (1976-10-04)Strela-2M (1976-09-29)Zenit-4MK (1976-09-24)Zenit-2M (1976-09-22)Orion (1976-09-21)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4347 (1976-09-15)Soyuz 7K-TM No. 74 (1976-09-15)Gran' No. 12L (1976-09-11)DMSP Block 5D S-1 (1976-09-11)Zenit-4MK (1976-09-03)Molniya-2 (1976-09-01)TIP 3 (1976-09-01)JSSW (1976-08-30)Zenit-4MK (1976-08-28)Tselina-D (1976-08-27)DS-P1-Yu No. 79 (1976-08-26)DS-P1-I No. 17 (1976-08-18)Zenit-2M (1976-08-12)E-8-5M No. 413 (1976-08-09)SDS 2 (1976-08-06)Zenit-4MK (1976-08-04)ITOS H (1976-07-29)Zaliv (1976-07-29)Tselina-OM (1976-07-27)DS-U3-IK No. 6 (1976-07-27)Molniya-1 11F658 No. 43 (1976-07-23)Comstar D-2 (1976-07-22)Yantar'-2K No. 5 (1976-07-22)Geoid (1976-07-21)Strela-2M (1976-07-15)Zenit-2M (1976-07-14)Lira (1976-07-08)Palapa A1 (1976-07-08)HEXAGON SV-12 (1976-07-08)Soyuz 7K-T No. 41 (1976-07-06)US-P (1976-07-02)Molniya-2 (1976-07-01)Strela-2M (1976-06-29)Zenit-4MK (1976-06-29)DSP 7 (1976-06-26)Zenit-2M (1976-06-24)Almaz OPS 3 (1976-06-22)AUOS-Z-T-IK (1976-06-19)Zenit-4MK (1976-06-16)Strela-1M (1976-06-15)Marisat B (1976-06-10)Zenit-4MK (1976-06-08)SDS 1 (1976-06-02)Zaliv (1976-06-02)Vektor (1976-05-28)Zenit-4MK (1976-05-26)NNS O-15 (1976-05-22)Fram (1976-05-21)Zenit-2M (1976-05-20)DS-P1-Yu No. 78 (1976-05-18)Meteor-Priroda No. 2-1 (1976-05-15)Comstar D-1 (1976-05-13)Molniya-3 No. 16 (1976-05-12)Zenit-4MK (1976-05-05)Lageos (1976-05-04)PARCAE 1 (1976-04-30)Romb 1 (1976-04-28)Zenit-4MK (1976-04-28)NATO 3A (1976-04-22)Zenit-2M (1976-04-09)Meteor No. 37 (1976-04-07)Tselina-OM (1976-04-06)Orion (1976-03-31)RCA-B (1976-03-26)Zenit-4MK (1976-03-26)GAMBIT-3 Mission 4346 (1976-03-22)Molniya-1 11F658 No. 42 (1976-03-19)Zenit-2M (1976-03-18)Tselina-D (1976-03-16)LES 8 (1976-03-15)Vektor (1976-03-12)Molniya-1 (1976-03-11)Zenit-4MK (1976-03-10)ISS (1976-02-29)Yantar'-2K No. 4 (1976-02-20)Marisat A (1976-02-19)DMSP Block 5C F-3 (1976-02-19)Lira (1976-02-12)Zenit-4MK (1976-02-11)DS-P1-I No. 16 (1976-02-05)CORSA (1976-02-04)Zaliv (1976-02-03)INTELSAT IVA F2 (1976-01-29)Zenit-2M (1976-01-29)Strela-1M (1976-01-28)Molniya-1 11F658 No. 40 (1976-01-22)Tselina-OM (1976-01-22)Tsiklon-B (1976-01-20)CTS (1976-01-17)Helios 2 (1976-01-15)Zenit-4MK (1976-01-07)Tselina-OM (1976-01-06)
Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.