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Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1970. ISS in earth orbit. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Launch Date/Time Rocket Launch
Site		 Launch Contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission/
Function		 Re-Entry/
Destruction		 Outcome Remarks
March 3
21:15 GMT		 Black Arrow Woomera RAE (none) N/A N/A Test LV N/A Successful
April 11
19:13 GMT		 Saturn V (C-5) LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center NASA Apollo 13 CSM Odyssey NASA Intended: Lunar orbit
Actual: Lunar free return		 Manned Lunar orbit. April 15, 1970 Failure Explosion in Service Module crippled spacecraft, resulting in mission abort.
Apollo 13 LM Aquarius NASA Intended: Lunar landing
Actual: Lunar free return		 Manned lunar landing April 15, 1970 Failure Mission aborted due to CSM malfunction. LM used to help bring crew back to Earth.
April 24 Long March 1 Rocket North West Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center PRC Dong Fang Hong I PRC LEO Test satellite Unknown Successful First satellite launched by China
June 1
19:00 GMT		 Soyuz
(R-7/A-2)		 Gagarin's Start, Baikonur RVSN Soyuz 9
2 Cosmonauts		 RVSN LEO Manned Orbital Spaceflight June 19, 1970
11:58 GMT		 Successful Longest Manned flight involving only one spacecraft.
(As of 09/06/06)
June 1
19:00 GMT		 Black Arrow Woomera RAE Orba RAE LEO Micrometeoroid detection satellite June 19, 1970
11:58 GMT		 Failure First British attempt to launch a satellite. Failed to reach orbit after premature 2nd stage cutout.
December 12
10:54 GMT		 Scout B San Marco mobile range, Kenya CRA Uhuru NASA LEO X-ray astronomy Still in orbit Successful First satellite dedicated to X-ray astronomy.

This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. ... Two bodies with a slight difference in mass orbiting around a common barycenter. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... Black Arrows engine This article is about the rocket, for the novel, see The Black Arrow Black Arrow was a British satellite carrier rocket, based on the Black Knight and Blue Streak rockets. ... Woomera () is a town in South Australia, 488 km/305 mi. ... This article needs cleanup. ... A Saturn V launch vehicle sends Apollo 15 on its way to the moon. ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... For the moon designated Saturn V, see Rhea. ... Merritt Island and Kennedy Space Center (shown in white). ... This article is about the American space agency. ... Original crew photo. ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... This article is about the American space agency. ... This article is about Earths moon. ... A free return trajectory is one of a very small sub-class of trajectories in which the trajectory of a satellite traveling away from a primary body (for example, the Earth) is modified by the presence of a secondary body (for example, the Moon) causing the satellite to return to... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Original crew photo. ... This article is about the American space agency. ... This article is about Earths moon. ... A free return trajectory is one of a very small sub-class of trajectories in which the trajectory of a satellite traveling away from a primary body (for example, the Earth) is modified by the presence of a secondary body (for example, the Moon) causing the satellite to return to... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... CZ-2F rocket A Long March rocket (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is any rocket in a family of expendable launch systems operated by the Peoples Republic of China. ... Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (酒泉卫星发射中心) is a Peoples Republic of China space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) in the Gobi desert in Gansu Province located about 1,600 km from Beijing. ... PRC is a common abbreviation for: Peoples Republic of China Palestinian Red Crescent Popular Resistance Committees This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Dong Fang Hong I (东方红一号), also known as China 1, was the Peoples Republic of Chinas first successful space satellite, launched on April 24, 1970 as part of the PRCs Dong Fang Hong space satellite program. ... PRC is a common abbreviation for: Peoples Republic of China Palestinian Red Crescent Popular Resistance Committees This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... Soyuz rocket on launch pad. ... Gagarins Start (Russian: ) is a launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome, used for the Soviet space program and managed by the Russian Federal Space Agency since 1991. ... Map showing Baikonurs location in Kazakhstan. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Strategic Rocket Forces. ... Soyuz 9 paved the way for the Salyut space station missions, investigating the effects of long-term weightlessness on crew, and evaluating the work that the cosmonauts could do in orbit, individually and as a team. ... Astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit outside the U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger in 1984. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Strategic Rocket Forces. ... A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ... is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... Black Arrows engine This article is about the rocket, for the novel, see The Black Arrow Black Arrow was a British satellite carrier rocket, based on the Black Knight and Blue Streak rockets. ... Woomera () is a town in South Australia, 488 km/305 mi. ... This article needs cleanup. ... In Irish mythology Orba son of Eber Finn was joint High King of Ireland with his brothers Ir, Fearon and Ferga, after they overthrew Muimne, Luigne and Laigne, sons of Eremon. ... This article needs cleanup. ... A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ... A Micrometeoroid (also micrometeorite, micrometeor) is a tiny meteoroid; a small particle of rock from space, usually weighing less than a gram, that poses a threat to space exploration. ... is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... Scout launch (NASA) The Scout-rocket was an American rocket for launching small satellites. ... The San Marco Launch Platform, with a Scout rocket on the launchpad The San Marco platform (also known as Luigi Broglio space centre after its founder Luigi Broglio) is a spaceport developed through a partnership between the Centro Ricerche Aerospaziali at the University of Rome La Sapienza and NASA to... The term CRA can mean different things: The Canada Revenue Agency Central retinal artery The United States Civil Rights Act of 1965 The US Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 The Computing Research Association The Constitution Restoration Act of 2004/2005 The Clinical research associate The Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Consulting Engineering... Uhuru was the first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy. ... This article is about the American space agency. ... A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ... ROSAT image of X-ray fluorescence of, and occultation of the X-ray background by, the Moon. ...

Deep Space Rendez-vous in 1970

is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Original crew photo. ... is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Luna 16 (Ye-8-5 series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 16. ... Mare Fecunditatis (the Sea of Fecundity or Sea of Fertility) is a lunar mare 909 km in diameter. ... is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Zond 8 (Soyuz 7K-L1) Zond 8, a member of the Soviet Unions Zond program, was launched from an Earth orbiting platform, Tyazheliy Sputnik (70-088B), towards the Moon. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Luna 17 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 17. ... Lunokhod series Soviet Moon exploration robot vehicle A panorama shot from Lunokhod 1 A photo from Lunokhod 1 showing the Luna 17 lander The tracks of Lunokhod showing the little wheel in the center that was used for odometry. ... Oblique view of Mare Imbrium looking south towards Copernicus crater. ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Venera 7 (Russian: Венера-7) was launched as part of the Venera program by the Soviet Union. ... (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ...

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Preceded by
1969		 Timeline of spaceflight
1970		 Succeeded by
1971

 

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