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<h2 id="orbital-launches">Orbital launches</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/1973_in_spaceflight/LqRnE0Nh">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/1975_in_spaceflight/K0fSn8Mn">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="3" scope="col">Date and time (<a href="/facts/UTC/2EnjfSyu">UTC</a>)</th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Rocket/b6j4keIl">Rocket</a></th><th scope="col">Flight number</th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Launch_site/y2SJQ8Wr">Launch site</a></th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Launch_service_provider/zAIh2zt4">LSP</a></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="2"></th><th><a href="/facts/Payload/wb7m7LLV">Payload</a>(⚀ = <a href="/facts/CubeSat/jL2IpYKd">CubeSat</a>)</th><th>Operator</th><th><a href="/facts/Orbit/nD2TPySG">Orbit</a></th><th>Function</th><th><a href="/facts/Orbital_decay/c9rj3aK6">Decay</a> (UTC)</th><th>Outcome</th></tr><tr><th colspan="6">Remarks</th></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>January</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">17 January10:07<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Kosmos_3M/AVHjqXC9">Kosmos 3M</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk/cLBcKmvE">Plesetsk</a> (LC-132/2)</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russian_Aerospace_Forces/a8hLyjWU">VKS</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a>Kosmos 628 (<a href="/facts/Tsiklon/5Ef15YBD">Tsiklon</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Ministry_of_General_Machine_Building/hbkfLaae">MOM</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_Orbit/rq1TwayJ">LEO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Navigation/sGGAJ0AQ">Navigation</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">19 January01:39<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Delta_(rocket_family)/gQH4EUYB">Delta 2313</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/CCAFS/dwJ9MCPH">CCAFS</a> (LC-17B)</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/UK_Ministry_of_Defence/9TG9a0ss">UK Ministry of Defence</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/Skynet_2A/IH93o7lv">Skynet 2A</a></td><td><a href="/facts/UK_Ministry_of_Defence/9TG9a0ss">UK MOD</a></td><td>Intended: <a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">GEO</a> Achieved: <a href="/facts/Low_Earth_Orbit/rq1TwayJ">LEO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Comms/1yAhaANd">Comms</a></td><td rowspan="1">25 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Placed in incorrect orbit due to carrier rocket malfunction</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">24 January15:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Voskhod_(rocket)/3jmHNduA">Voskhod</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ministry_of_General_Machine_Building/hbkfLaae">MOM</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a>Kosmos 629 (<a href="/facts/Zenit_(satellite)/40om1rCY">Zenit-2M</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Ministry_of_General_Machine_Building/hbkfLaae">MOM</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">LEO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Reconnaissance_satellite/LkL0IYHH">Recon</a></td><td rowspan="1">5 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">30 January11:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Voskhod_(rocket)/3jmHNduA">Voskhod</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ministry_of_General_Machine_Building/hbkfLaae">MOM</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a>Kosmos 630 (<a href="/facts/Zenit_(satellite)/40om1rCY">Zenit-4MK</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Ministry_of_General_Machine_Building/hbkfLaae">MOM</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">LEO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Aurora_(astronomy)/6agpj9Qs">Aurora</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">13 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>February</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">6 February00:34</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Kosmos-3M/AVHjqXC9">Kosmos-3M</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> LC-132/2, <a href="/facts/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome/QG25T5Ph">Plesetsk</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russian_Space_Forces_(VKS)/VX0KftEv">VKS</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> Kosmos 631 (<a href="/facts/Tselina-O/4BvLb2yT">Tselina-O</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Russian_Space_Forces_(VKS)/VX0KftEv">VKS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">LEO</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ELINT/Iwzvw6AW">ELINT</a></td><td rowspan="1">3 October 1980</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="5">11 February13:48</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Titan_IIIE/kuY4HubD">Titan IIIE</a>/<a href="/facts/Centaur_(rocket_stage)/ryg96uIF">Centaur</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_41/QBUVHdSb">LC-41</a>, <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">CCAFS</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Boilerplate_(spaceflight)/eJ4BBdAN">Boilerplate</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Intended: <a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">GSO</a></td><td>Test carrier rocket</td><td rowspan="1">12 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Failure</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Sphinx_(satellite)/oYJLR9zW">Sphinx </a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Intended: <a href="/facts/Geosynchronous_orbit/nR2yaeUg">GSO</a></td><td>Plasma research</td><td rowspan="1">12 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Upper stage turbopump malfunction</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">16 February05:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a><a href="/facts/M-3C/oY6PWtR2">M-3C</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a><a href="/facts/Kagoshima_Space_Center/qdxArHnD">Kagoshima Space Center</a> LP-M</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a><a href="/facts/Institute_of_Space_and_Aeronautical_Science/qYEDPVWN">ISAS</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a>MS T2 (Tansei 2)</td><td>ISAS</td><td><a href="/facts/Highly_elliptical_orbit/93YbggYy">Highly elliptical orbit</a></td><td>Technology test</td><td rowspan>22 January 1983</td><td rowspan>Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First flight of M-3C</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">18 February</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Scout_(rocket_family)/y3J3BcVd">Scout D-1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF"></a> <a href="/facts/Broglio_Space_Centre/0aNwJMSd">San Marco mobile range, Kenya</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF"></a> CRS</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF"></a><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> San Marco 4</td><td>CRS / <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Low Earth</td><td>Atmospheric</td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>March</h3></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>April</h3></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>May</h3></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>June</h3></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>July</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">3 July</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz_(rocket)/GKUhhzoA">Soyuz</a> (11A511)</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a><a href="/facts/Gagarin%27s_Start/9oK8wcD4">LC-1/5</a>, <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz_14/XUwTpL9F">Soyuz 14</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">LEO</a>, docked to <a href="/facts/Salyut_3/05Vz2VLT">Salyut 3</a></td><td>Crewed orbital flight</td><td rowspan="1">19 July 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">12 July13:55</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Feng_Bao_1/aKBxEln7">Feng Bao 1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> <a href="/facts/Jiquan_Satellite_Launch_Center/cenXHpsK">Jiquan Satellite Launch Center</a>, LA-2B (Site 138)</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p"></a> JSSW</td><td></td><td>Intended: Low Earth</td><td>Unknown</td><td rowspan>12 July</td><td rowspan>Failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Carrier rocket lost attitude control.</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">16 July</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Scout_(rocket_family)/y3J3BcVd">Scout</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/30th_Space_Wing/EdSrqnNg">Western Space and Missile Center</a> at <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base/CHNed3F4">Vandenberg AFB</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/AEROS_(satellite)/crUVo0Ml">Aeros 2</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td></td><td></td><td rowspan="1"> </td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>August</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">28 August10:08</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz_(rocket)/GKUhhzoA">Soyuz</a> (11A511)</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Gagarin%27s_Start/9oK8wcD4">LC-1/5</a>, <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz_15/qT1kz1n6">Soyuz 15</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">LEO</a> Plan: Dock to <a href="/facts/Salyut_3/05Vz2VLT">Salyut 3</a></td><td>Crewed orbital flight</td><td rowspan="1">28 August 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Failed to dock with <a href="/facts/Salyut_3/05Vz2VLT">Salyut 3</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>September</h3></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>October</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">15 October07:47</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Scout_(rocket_family)/y3J3BcVd">Scout B-1</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF"></a> <a href="/facts/Broglio_Space_Centre/0aNwJMSd">San Marco mobile range, Kenya</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF"></a> CRS</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Ariel_5/A0K7B68c">Ariel 5</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Science_and_Engineering_Research_Council/LkjUJeFS">SERC</a> / <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Low Earth</td><td><a href="/facts/X-ray_astronomy/KAQ6WxgQ">X-ray astronomy</a></td><td rowspan="1">14 March 1980</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>November</h3></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>December</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">2 December15:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz-U/XuW0gmYM">Soyuz-U</a> (11A511U)</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Gagarin%27s_Start/9oK8wcD4">LC-1/5</a>, <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Soyuz_16/24SC4ytG">Soyuz 16</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">LEO</a></td><td>Crewed orbital flight</td><td rowspan="1">8 December 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">First successful crewed use of <a href="/facts/Soyuz-U/XuW0gmYM">Soyuz-U</a> launch vehicle</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">10 December07:11:01</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/Titan_IIIE/kuY4HubD">Titan IIIE</a>/<a href="/facts/Star-37/4gsDHQ2p">Star-37</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station/dwJ9MCPH">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/facts/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_41/QBUVHdSb">SLC-41</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a><a href="/facts/Helios_(spacecraft)/YLITe6r1">Helios-A</a></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> / <a href="/facts/German_Aerospace_Center/nIeKtKqd">DFVLR</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Heliocentric_orbit/b4zMv2jE">Heliocentric</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Exploration_of_the_Sun/CadPCVHh">Solar probe</a></td><td rowspan="1">In orbit</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Achieved a closest approach to the <a href="/facts/Sun/CadPCVHh">Sun</a> of 46.5 million km (0.31 AU) in February 1975, the closest approach achieved by an artificial satellite at that point; it was succeeded later by Helios-B.</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/1973_in_spaceflight/LqRnE0Nh">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/1975_in_spaceflight/K0fSn8Mn">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="suborbital-launches">Suborbital launches</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/1973_in_spaceflight/LqRnE0Nh">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/1975_in_spaceflight/K0fSn8Mn">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="3" scope="col">Date and time (<a href="/facts/UTC/2EnjfSyu">UTC</a>)</th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Rocket/b6j4keIl">Rocket</a></th><th scope="col">Flight number</th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Launch_site/y2SJQ8Wr">Launch site</a></th><th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/facts/Launch_service_provider/zAIh2zt4">LSP</a></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="2"></th><th><a href="/facts/Payload/wb7m7LLV">Payload</a></th><th>Operator</th><th><a href="/facts/Orbit/nD2TPySG">Orbit</a></th><th>Function</th><th><a href="/facts/Orbital_decay/c9rj3aK6">Decay</a> (UTC)</th><th>Outcome</th></tr><tr><th colspan="6">Remarks</th></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>January-March</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">12 January19:12<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a><a href="/facts/Skylark_(rocket)/86UKNjAM">Skylark</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/El_Arenosillo/uJAFfKEy">El Arenosillo</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a> H-GR-58</td><td><a href="/facts/DFVLR/nIeKtKqd">DFVLR</a></td><td>Sub-orbital</td><td><a href="/facts/Astronomy/0ArJVM1p">Astronomy</a></td><td rowspan="1">12 Jan 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">5 January01:45<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/Aerobee/2Y6J8k7v">Aerobee 200A</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/White_Sands_Test_Facility/UwP8lrTS">White Sands</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Aeronomy/1WTPMBm6">Aeronomy</a>/<a href="/facts/Ultraviolet_astronomy/X4Y86Wg7">Ultraviolet astronomy</a></td><td rowspan="1">5 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">8 January01:40<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/Aerobee/2Y6J8k7v">Aerobee 200A</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/White_Sands_Test_Facility/UwP8lrTS">White Sands</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a>/<a href="/facts/United_States_Naval_Research_Laboratory/brXxYx34">NRL</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Aeronomy/1WTPMBm6">Aeronomy</a>/<a href="/facts/Ultraviolet_astronomy/X4Y86Wg7">Ultraviolet astronomy</a></td><td rowspan="1">8 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">11 January22:00<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/R-36_(missile)/ga1aBeDt">R-36</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur/Axz7dYJq">Baikonur</a> (LC-162/36)</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/RVSN/HMEx2wvU">RVSN</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> Dkh</td><td><a href="/facts/RVSN/HMEx2wvU">RVSN</a></td><td>Sub-orbital</td><td>ICBM test</td><td rowspan="1">12 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">15 January20:00<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Black_Brant_(rocket)/mxjN9D4v">Black Brant VC</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/White_Sands_Test_Facility/UwP8lrTS">White Sands</a> (LC-36)</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Sub-orbital</td><td>Solar research</td><td rowspan="1">15 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">16 January02:00<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> Kappa 9M</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> <a href="/facts/Kagoshima/s7pDTwtQ">Kagoshima</a> (LC-36)</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Institute_of_Space_and_Astronautical_Science/qYEDPVWN">ISAS</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Institute_of_Space_and_Astronautical_Science/qYEDPVWN">ISAS</a></td><td>Sub-orbital</td><td><a href="/facts/Ionosphere/mT9tTBE5">Ionosphere</a> & Solar research</td><td rowspan="1">16 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">16 January17:40<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Nike_Apache/schnVYKW">Nike Apache</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Wallops_Island/t5o5CkhD">Wallops Island</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Sub-orbital</td><td><a href="/facts/Aeronomy/1WTPMBm6">Aeronomy</a></td><td rowspan="1">16 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">16 January18:13<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Super_Arcas/lpIslb7l">Super Arcas</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Wallops_Island/t5o5CkhD">Wallops Island</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td>Sub-orbital</td><td><a href="/facts/Ionosphere/mT9tTBE5">Ionosphere</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">16 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">16 January<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a>01:40</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Aerobee/2Y6J8k7v">Aerobee 200A</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/White_Sands_Test_Facility/UwP8lrTS">White Sands</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td>Solar research</td><td rowspan="1">16 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">17 January02:37<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Nike_Tomahawk/exxnDCqm">Nike Tomahawk</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Poker_Flat/pkIUHtd7">Poker Flat</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a>/<a href="/facts/United_States_Naval_Research_Laboratory/brXxYx34">NRL</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Plasma_(physics)/1d3btMVU">Plasma</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">17 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">19 January11:34</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> <a href="/facts/Skua_(rocket)/uYdHCRQz">Skua</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY"></a> <a href="/facts/El_Arenosillo/uJAFfKEy">El Arenosillo</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment/gXh5C7Jq">RAE</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment/gXh5C7Jq">RAE</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ionosphere/mT9tTBE5">Ionosphere</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">19 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">19 January</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/R-36_(missile)/ga1aBeDt">R-36M</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> LC-103, <a href="/facts/Baikonur/Axz7dYJq">Baikonur</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/RVSN/HMEx2wvU">RVSN</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td>POR</td><td><a href="/facts/RVSN/HMEx2wvU">RVSN</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ICBM/0vKnj2Y7">ICBM</a> Test</td><td rowspan="1">20 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">21 January02:39</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Nike_Tomahawk/exxnDCqm">Nike Tomahawk</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Poker_Flat/pkIUHtd7">Poker Flat</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Plasma_(physics)/1d3btMVU">Plasma</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">21 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">21 January11:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a><a href="/facts/Skua_(rocket)/uYdHCRQz">Skua 4</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY"></a><a href="/facts/El_Arenosillo/uJAFfKEy">El Arenosillo</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment/gXh5C7Jq">RAE</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment/gXh5C7Jq">RAE</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ionosphere/mT9tTBE5">Ionosphere</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">21 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">22 January02:41</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Nike_Tomahawk/exxnDCqm">Nike Tomahawk</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Poker_Flat/pkIUHtd7">Poker Flat</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Plasma_(physics)/1d3btMVU">Plasma</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">22 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">22 January11:00</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> Lambda 3H</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> Area 3L, <a href="/facts/Kagoshima/s7pDTwtQ">Kagoshima</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Institute_of_Space_and_Astronautical_Science/qYEDPVWN">ISAS</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Institute_of_Space_and_Astronautical_Science/qYEDPVWN">ISAS</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/X-ray_astronomy/KAQ6WxgQ">X-ray astronomy</a></td><td rowspan="1">22 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">22 January01:40</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Aerobee/2Y6J8k7v">Aerobee 200A</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/White_Sands_Test_Facility/UwP8lrTS">White Sands</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a>/<a href="/facts/United_States_Naval_Research_Laboratory/brXxYx34">NRL</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td>Solar research</td><td rowspan="1">22 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">22 January01:40</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/LGM-30_Minuteman/sG0t20v1">Minuteman I</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> LF-06, <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base/CHNed3F4">Vandenberg AFB</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/USAF/7MxWBYlc">USAF</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/USAF/7MxWBYlc">USAF</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ICBM/0vKnj2Y7">ICBM</a> test</td><td rowspan="1">22 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">23 January11:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> <a href="/facts/Skua_(rocket)/uYdHCRQz">Skua</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY"></a> <a href="/facts/El_Arenosillo/uJAFfKEy">El Arenosillo</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment/gXh5C7Jq">RAE</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment/gXh5C7Jq">RAE</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ionosphere/mT9tTBE5">Ionosphere</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">23 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">23 January12:50</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> <a href="/facts/Black_Brant_(rocket)/mxjN9D4v">Black Brant VB</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> <a href="/facts/Churchill_Rocket_Research_Range/PLPQM7m9">Churchill</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/National_Research_Council_(Canada)/MXCsvmvD">NRC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/National_Research_Council_(Canada)/MXCsvmvD">NRC</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Aeronomy/1WTPMBm6">Aeronomy</a>/<a href="/facts/Ionosphere/mT9tTBE5">Ionosphere</a>/<a href="/facts/Aurora_(astronomy)/6agpj9Qs">Aurora</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">23 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">25 January11:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> <a href="/facts/Skua_(rocket)/uYdHCRQz">Skua</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY"></a> <a href="/facts/El_Arenosillo/uJAFfKEy">El Arenosillo</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment/gXh5C7Jq">RAE</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment/gXh5C7Jq">RAE</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ionosphere/mT9tTBE5">Ionosphere</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">25 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">25 January</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/UR-100N/D9mDCMFp">UR-100N</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur Cosmodrome</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/RVSN/HMEx2wvU">RVSN</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/RVSN/HMEx2wvU">RVSN</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ICBM/0vKnj2Y7">ICBM</a> test</td><td rowspan="1">25 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">26 January</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/LGM-30_Minuteman/sG0t20v1">Minuteman III</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> LF-25, <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base/CHNed3F4">Vandenberg AFB</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/USAF/7MxWBYlc">USAF</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td>GT-24GB-1</td><td><a href="/facts/USAF/7MxWBYlc">USAF</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ICBM/0vKnj2Y7">ICBM</a> test</td><td rowspan="1">26 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">26 January</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/UR-100N/D9mDCMFp">UR-100N</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur Cosmodrome</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/RVSN/HMEx2wvU">RVSN</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td>GT-24GB-1</td><td><a href="/facts/RVSN/HMEx2wvU">RVSN</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ICBM/0vKnj2Y7">ICBM</a> test</td><td rowspan="1">26 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">27 January19:08</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Nike_Tomahawk/exxnDCqm">Nike Tomahawk</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> <a href="/facts/And%C3%B8ya_Space_Center/wsb0PrDq">Andøya</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td>Ferdinand 35 (Polar 3)</td><td><a href="/facts/Norwegian_Defence_Research_Establishment/WJkatVq8">NDRE</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Aurora_(astronomy)/6agpj9Qs">Aurora</a> research</td><td rowspan="1">27 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">30 January</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> <a href="/facts/S2_(missile)/u8RWrbEc">SSBS S2</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a> BLB, <a href="/facts/Biscarosse/GPBC33om">Biscarosse</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Direction_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_de_l%27Armement/kVxohKWP">DMA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Direction_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_de_l%27Armement/kVxohKWP">DMA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td>Missile test</td><td rowspan="1">30 January 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Success</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">1 February06:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> JCR</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> Area T, <a href="/facts/Tanegashima/NKd6EV6K">Tanegashima</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASDA/JzaLf6bE">NASDA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASDA/JzaLf6bE">NASDA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td>Test flight</td><td rowspan="1">1 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">4 February14:40</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a> <a href="/facts/Skylark_(rocket)/86UKNjAM">Skylark 6AC</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq"></a> LA-2SL, <a href="/facts/Woomera_Prohibited_Area/y0LfzUg2">Woomera</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/British_Aircraft_Corporation/LyDp0YSd">BAC</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Aircraft_Corporation/LyDp0YSd">BAC</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Astronomy/0ArJVM1p">Astronomy</a></td><td rowspan="1">4 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">4 February</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/MR-UR-100/fctUWYwM">MR-UR-100</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> LC-177, <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/RVSN/HMEx2wvU">RVSN</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/RVSN/HMEx2wvU">RVSN</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/ICBM/0vKnj2Y7">ICBM</a> test</td><td rowspan="1">4 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">6 February22:48</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a> <a href="/facts/Black_Brant_(rocket)/mxjN9D4v">Black Brant IVB</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a> <a href="/facts/Andoya/VFBRbpJd">Andoya</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/German_Aerospace_Center/nIeKtKqd">DLR</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/German_Aerospace_Center/nIeKtKqd">DLR</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Aurora_(astronomy)/6agpj9Qs">Aurora</a> research (DLR A-BB4-63 Auroral mission)</td><td rowspan="1">6 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">6 February</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/UGM-27_Polaris/AKTSHCNB">Polaris A3</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Submarine/6fhcAKHV">Submarine</a>, <a href="/facts/Western_Test_Range/CtXuw99P">WTR</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/US_Navy/xYK0fUou">US Navy</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/US_Navy/xYK0fUou">US Navy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/SLBM/AypqGmQ9">SLBM</a> test</td><td rowspan="1">6 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">6 February</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/UGM-27_Polaris/AKTSHCNB">Polaris A3</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Submarine/6fhcAKHV">Submarine</a>, <a href="/facts/Western_Test_Range/CtXuw99P">WTR</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/US_Navy/xYK0fUou">US Navy</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/US_Navy/xYK0fUou">US Navy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/SLBM/AypqGmQ9">SLBM</a> test</td><td rowspan="1">6 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">9 February02:10</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Aerobee/2Y6J8k7v">Aerobee 200A</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/White_Sands_Missile_Range/JUsgxDjF">White Sands</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Astronomy/0ArJVM1p">Astronomy</a></td><td rowspan="1">9 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="3">9 February06:30</td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> LS-C</td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a> Area T, <a href="/facts/Tanegashima/NKd6EV6K">Tanegashima</a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/NASDA/JzaLf6bE">NASDA</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/NASDA/JzaLf6bE">NASDA</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sub-orbital/NdLRlGIq">Sub-orbital</a></td><td>Test flight</td><td rowspan="1">9 February 1974</td><td rowspan="1">Successful</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>April-June</h3></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>July-September</h3></td></tr><tr><td scope="row" rowspan="4">11 July05:01<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/Kosmos_(rocket_family)/RREPzDJd">K63D</a></td><td></td><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> Vladimirovka test range, near <a href="/facts/Kapustin_Yar/IpWRzUPs">Kapustin Yar</a></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto"></a> <a href="/facts/BOR-3/FMA1N3qN">BOR-3</a> No.302</td><td></td><td>Suborbital</td><td>Re-entry test for <a href="/facts/MiG-105/FMA1N3qN">Spiral program</a></td><td rowspan>11 July</td><td rowspan>Partial success</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Subscale model of the Spiral spaceplane.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> After nominal flight, parachute system failed and the craft crashed. Apogee: 100 km</td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><h3>October-December</h3></td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/1973_in_spaceflight/LqRnE0Nh">←</a> Jan</li><li>Feb</li><li>Mar</li><li>Apr</li><li>May</li><li>Jun</li><li>Jul</li><li>Aug</li><li>Sep</li><li>Oct</li><li>Nov</li><li>Dec <a href="/facts/1975_in_spaceflight/K0fSn8Mn">→</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="deep-space-rendezvous">Deep Space Rendezvous</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Date (<a href="/facts/Greenwich_Mean_Time/JpSIdWsn">GMT</a>)</th><th>Spacecraft</th><th>Event</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td>5 February</td><td><a href="/facts/Mariner_10/jpKRBPKH">Mariner 10</a></td><td>Flyby of <a href="/facts/Venus/pADnueP6">Venus</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gravity_assist/4sqIByot">Gravity assist</a>; Closest approach: 5,768 kilometres (3,584 mi)</td></tr><tr><td>10 February</td><td><a href="/facts/Mars_4/7TWHK7k7">Mars 4</a></td><td>Flyby of <a href="/facts/Mars/AQGtVvz0">Mars</a></td><td>Closest approach: 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi) (orbiter mission)</td></tr><tr><td>12 February</td><td><a href="/facts/Mars_5/p1538TBj">Mars 5</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Areocentric_orbit/PPVyd4u7">Areocentric orbit</a> injection</td></tr><tr><td>9 March</td><td><a href="/facts/Mars_7/mEsCzJA2">Mars 7</a></td><td>Lander missed mars by 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)</td></tr><tr><td>12 March</td><td><a href="/facts/Mars_6/6pgYF7Bt">Mars 6</a></td><td>Lander lost a few seconds before anticipated landing</td></tr><tr><td>29 March</td><td><a href="/facts/Mariner_10/jpKRBPKH">Mariner 10</a></td><td>1st flyby of <a href="/facts/Mercury_(planet)/lVa1GIyX">Mercury</a></td><td>Closest approach: 703 kilometres (437 mi)</td></tr><tr><td>2 June</td><td><a href="/facts/Luna_22/6CdWvv9E">Luna 22</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Lunar_orbit/486BxvD6">Selenocentric orbit</a> injection</td><td>Photographic mission</td></tr><tr><td>21 September</td><td><a href="/facts/Mariner_10/jpKRBPKH">Mariner 10</a></td><td>2nd flyby of Mercury</td><td>Closest approach: 48,069 kilometres (29,869 mi)</td></tr><tr><td>2 November</td><td><a href="/facts/Luna_23/zPPlgEPg">Luna 23</a></td><td>Landed rough at <a href="/facts/Mare_Crisium/A7lP9nEF">Mare Crisium</a>, the <a href="/facts/Moon/zKHqEMPb">Moon</a></td><td>Sample return mission</td></tr><tr><td>3 December</td><td><a href="/facts/Pioneer_11/9QgrnSWp">Pioneer 11</a></td><td>Flyby of <a href="/facts/Jupiter/95m7XjMT">Jupiter</a></td><td>Gravity assist; Closest approach: 42,960 kilometres (26,690 mi)</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="evas">EVAs</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Start Date/Time</th><th>Duration</th><th>End Time</th><th>Spacecraft</th><th>Crew</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td>3 February15:19</td><td>5 hours19 minutes</td><td>20:38</td><td><a href="/facts/Skylab/h7v9LWKE">Skylab</a><a href="/facts/Skylab_4/8Pbave69">SLM-3</a></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/Gerald_P._Carr/GvmK903N">Gerald P. Carr</a><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a><a href="/facts/Edward_Gibson/ICwUwc5M">Edward Gibson</a></td><td>Retrieved the final film from the solar observatory and photographed <a href="/facts/Comet_Kohoutek/VogwfMAL">Kohoutek</a> using an electronographic camera.</td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Bergin, Chris. <a href="http://www.nasaspaceflight.com">"NASASpaceFlight.com"</a>.</li> <li>Clark, Stephen. <a href="http://www.spaceflightnow.com">"Spaceflight Now"</a>.</li> <li>Kelso, T.S. <a href="https://celestrak.com/satcat/search.php">"Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)"</a>. CelesTrak.</li> <li>Krebs, Gunter. <a href="http://space.skyrocket.de/directories/chronology.htm">"Chronology of Space Launches"</a>.</li> <li>Kyle, Ed. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091005063125/http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/">"Space Launch Report"</a>. Archived from <a href="http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/">the original</a> on 5 October 2009. 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"Launch list by family: R-14". GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023. <a href="https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/R-14.html" target="_blank">https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/R-14.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"British Satellite Launched". The News-Press. Associated Press. 19 January 1974. Retrieved 4 April 2023 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-british-satellite-launched/122251607/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-british-satellite-launched/122251607/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>McDowell, Jonathan C. "Launch list by family: Raven". GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. <a href="https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Raven.html" target="_blank">https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Raven.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Scientits See Comet From Plane". The Daily Mail. Baltimore. Associated Press. 5 January 1974. Retrieved 4 April 2023 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-mail-scientits-see-comet-from/122250738/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-mail-scientits-see-comet-from/122250738/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>McDowell, Jonathan C. "Launch list by family: Nike". GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. <a href="https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Nike.html" target="_blank">https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Nike.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>McDowell, Jonathan C. "Launch list by family: R-36". GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023. <a href="https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/R-36.html" target="_blank">https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/R-36.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>McDowell, Jonathan C. "Launch list by family: BB5". GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023. <a href="https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/BB5.html" target="_blank">https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/BB5.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>McDowell, Jonathan C. "Launch list by family: K420". GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023. <a href="https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/K420.html" target="_blank">https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/K420.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>McDowell, Jonathan C. "Launch list by family: Nike". GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. <a href="https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Nike.html" target="_blank">https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Nike.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>McDowell, Jonathan C. "Launch list by family: Arcas". GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023. <a href="https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Arcas.html" target="_blank">https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Arcas.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>McDowell, Jonathan C. "Launch list by family: Nike". GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. <a href="https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Nike.html" target="_blank">https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Nike.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>McDowell, Jonathan C. "Launch list by family: Nike". GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. <a href="https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Nike.html" target="_blank">https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/launch/Nike.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Wade, Mark. "K63D". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024. <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/k/k63d.html" target="_blank">http://www.astronautix.com/k/k63d.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Krebs, Gunter Dirk. "BOR-3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 12 August 2024. <a href="https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bor-3.htm" target="_blank">https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bor-3.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>