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Orbital Launches in 1978

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 128 orbital launches in 1978, 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 (128 launches)

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)Tiros-N (1978-10-13)Molniya-3 No. 22 (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)Progress 7K-TG No. 105 (1978-10-03)Fram (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)INTELSAT IVA F6 (1978-03-31)Tsikada (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)Zenit-4MKM (1978-01-24)Molniya-3 No. 20 (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)

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