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Orbital Launches in 1978
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 128 every orbital launch in 1978, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-12-28 | Orion1978-124 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-12-26 | Zenit-4MKM1978-123 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-12-26 | Geoid1978-122 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1978-12-23 | Astrofizika 11F653 No. 11978-121 | Vostok 8A92M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 4 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1978-12-22 | Romb 51978-120 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Kapustin Yar | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-12-20 | Parus1978-119 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | failure |
| 1978-12-19 | Tselina-D1978-117 | Vostok 8A92M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-12-19 | Gorizont No. 11L1978-118 | Proton-K/DM | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | 2 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 1978-12-16 | Anik B1978-116 | Delta 3914 | NASA | Cape Canaveral | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 1978-12-15 | Tselina-OM1978-115 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-12-14 | Zenit-2M1978-114 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-12-14 | DSCS II C-111978-113 | Titan IIIC | US Air Force | Cape Canaveral | 7 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 1978-12-11 | Navstar GPS SVN 41978-112 | Atlas F/SVS | US Air Force | Vandenberg SFB | 2 payloads ↗ | MEO | success |
| 1978-12-08 | Zenit-2M1978-111 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-12-07 | Zenit-4MKM1978-110 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-12-05 | Strela-1M1978-109 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 9 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1978-11-28 | Zenit-61978-108 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-11-21 | Zenit-4MKM1978-107 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-11-19 | NATO 3C1978-106 | Delta 2914 | NASA | Cape Canaveral | 1 payload ↗ | GEO | success |
| 1978-11-16 | Strela-2M1978-105 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 4 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1978-11-15 | Zenit-4MKM1978-104 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-11-13 | HEAO B1978-103 | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | NASA | Cape Canaveral | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-11-01 | Orion1978-102 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-10-30 | SO-M No. 5071978-101 | Molniya 8K78M SOL | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1978-10-26 | Meteor-2 GVM1978-100 | Tsiklon-3 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 29 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1978-10-24 | AUOS-Z Mag-IK1978-099 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-10-24 | Nimbus G1978-098 | Delta 2910 | NASA | Vandenberg SFB | 2 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1978-10-17 | Zenit-2M1978-097 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-10-17 | Ekran No. 14L1978-F04 | Proton-K/DM | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | failure |
| 1978-10-13 | Molniya-3 No. 221978-095 | Molniya 8K78M ML | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 2 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 1978-10-13 | Tiros-N1978-096 | Atlas F | US Air Force | Vandenberg SFB | 1 payload ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1978-10-10 | Tselina-D1978-094 | Vostok 8A92M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-10-07 | Navstar GPS SVN 31978-093 | Atlas F/SVS | US Air Force | Vandenberg SFB | 1 payload ↗ | MEO | success |
| 1978-10-06 | Zenit-4MKM1978-092 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-10-04 | Strela-1M1978-091 | Kosmos 11K65M | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 9 payloads ↗ | LEO | success |
| 1978-10-03 | Fram1978-089 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-10-03 | Progress 7K-TG No. 1051978-090 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-09-19 | Zenit-2M1978-088 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-09-16 | EXOS-B1978-087 | Mu-3H | ISAS | Jiuquan | 1 payload ↗ | MEO | success |
| 1978-09-14 | 4V-1 No. 3611978-086 | Proton-K/D-1 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1978-09-09 | Zenit-4MKM1978-085 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-09-09 | 4V-1 No. 3601978-084 | Proton-K/D-1 | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1978-09-06 | Oko1978-083 | Molniya 8K78M 2BL | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 3 payloads ↗ | HEO | success |
| 1978-08-29 | Zenit-4MKM1978-082 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-08-26 | Soyuz 7K-T No. 471978-081 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | success |
| 1978-08-22 | Molniya-11978-080 | Molniya 8K78M ML | Soviet Rocket Forces | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | — | HEO | success |
| 1978-08-17 | Ekran No. 15L1978-F03 | Proton-K/DM | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | failure |
| 1978-08-12 | ISEE C1978-079 | Delta 2914 | NASA | Cape Canaveral | — | HEO | success |
| 1978-08-08 | Pioneer Venus Multiprobe1978-078 | Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | NASA | Cape Canaveral | — | HEO | success |
| 1978-08-07 | Progress 7K-TG No. 1031978-077 | Soyuz-U | Soviet Rocket Forces | Baikonur Cosmodrome | — | LEO | 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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Orion (1978-12-28)Geoid (1978-12-26)Zenit-4MKM (1978-12-26)Astrofizika 11F653 No. 1 (1978-12-23)Romb 5 (1978-12-22)Parus (1978-12-20)Gorizont No. 11L (1978-12-19)Tselina-D (1978-12-19)Anik B (1978-12-16)Tselina-OM (1978-12-15)DSCS II C-11 (1978-12-14)Zenit-2M (1978-12-14)Navstar GPS SVN 4 (1978-12-11)Zenit-2M (1978-12-08)Zenit-4MKM (1978-12-07)Strela-1M (1978-12-05)Zenit-6 (1978-11-28)Zenit-4MKM (1978-11-21)NATO 3C (1978-11-19)Strela-2M (1978-11-16)Zenit-4MKM (1978-11-15)HEAO B (1978-11-13)Orion (1978-11-01)SO-M No. 507 (1978-10-30)Meteor-2 GVM (1978-10-26)Nimbus G (1978-10-24)AUOS-Z Mag-IK (1978-10-24)Ekran No. 14L (1978-10-17)Zenit-2M (1978-10-17)Molniya-3 No. 22 (1978-10-13)Tiros-N (1978-10-13)Tselina-D (1978-10-10)Navstar GPS SVN 3 (1978-10-07)Zenit-4MKM (1978-10-06)Strela-1M (1978-10-04)Fram (1978-10-03)Progress 7K-TG No. 105 (1978-10-03)Zenit-2M (1978-09-19)EXOS-B (1978-09-16)4V-1 No. 361 (1978-09-14)4V-1 No. 360 (1978-09-09)Zenit-4MKM (1978-09-09)Oko (1978-09-06)Zenit-4MKM (1978-08-29)Soyuz 7K-T No. 47 (1978-08-26)Molniya-1 (1978-08-22)Ekran No. 15L (1978-08-17)ISEE C (1978-08-12)Pioneer Venus Multiprobe (1978-08-08)Progress 7K-TG No. 103 (1978-08-07)Feniks No. 14 (1978-08-05)SDS 3 (1978-08-05)Zaliv (1978-07-27)Gran' No. 14L (1978-07-18)Geos 2 (1978-07-14)Molniya-1 (1978-07-14)Progress 7K-TG No. 101 (1978-07-07)Energiya No. 2 (1978-07-02)Comstar D-3 (1978-06-29)EPN No. 03.0380? (1978-06-28)Seasat A (1978-06-27)Soyuz 7K-T(A9) No. 67 (1978-06-27)Strela-2M (1978-06-21)GOES C (1978-06-16)Soyuz 7K-T No. 46 (1978-06-15)KH11-2 KENNAN (1978-06-14)Zenit-4MKM (1978-06-12)CHALET 1 (1978-06-10)Zenit-4MKM (1978-06-10)Strela-1M (1978-06-07)Molniya-1 (1978-06-02)Ekran No. 13L (1978-05-27)Zenit-2M (1978-05-25)Parus (1978-05-23)Fram (1978-05-23)Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1978-05-20)Tselina-OK (1978-05-17)Zenit-4MKM (1978-05-16)Navstar GPS SVN 2 (1978-05-13)Vektor (1978-05-12)Tselina-D (1978-05-12)OTS 2 (1978-05-11)Zenit-2M (1978-05-05)DMSP Block 5D S-3 (1978-05-01)AEM-A (1978-04-26)Zenit-4MKM (1978-04-20)AQUACADE 4 (1978-04-07)BSE (1978-04-07)Zenit-2M (1978-04-06)Soyuz 7K-ST No. 4L (1978-04-04)Tsikada (1978-03-31)INTELSAT IVA F6 (1978-03-31)Zenit-4MKM (1978-03-30)TKS VA No. 009A/P2 (1978-03-30)Parus (1978-03-28)DSCS II C-9 (1978-03-25)Zenit-2M (1978-03-17)HEXAGON SV-14 (1978-03-16)Zaliv (1978-03-15)Zenit-4MKM (1978-03-10)Landsat C (1978-03-05)Zenit-2M (1978-03-04)Molniya-1 (1978-03-02)Soyuz 7K-T No. 45 (1978-03-02)Parus (1978-02-28)Jumpseat 5 (1978-02-25)Navstar GPS SVN 1 (1978-02-22)Strela-2M (1978-02-17)ISS-b (1978-02-16)Zenit-4MKM (1978-02-14)FLTSATCOM F1 (1978-02-09)Orion (1978-02-08)EXOS-A (1978-02-04)Zenit-4MKM (1978-01-31)IUE (1978-01-26)FSW No. 4 (1978-01-26)Molniya-3 No. 20 (1978-01-24)Zenit-4MKM (1978-01-24)Progress 7K-TG No. 102 (1978-01-20)Parus (1978-01-17)Zenit-2M (1978-01-13)Strela-1M (1978-01-10)Tselina-D (1978-01-10)Soyuz 7K-T No. 44 (1978-01-10)INTELSAT IVA F3 (1978-01-07)Zenit-4MKM (1978-01-06)
Last updated 2026-06-21 · Data: GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org) · Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs — enriched & cross-linked by Orbital Radar.