:1973 in spaceflight
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{{Infobox Year in spaceflight
|year = 1973
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|first = 8 January
|last = 29 December
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| programme = Timeline of spaceflight
| previous_mission = 1972
| next_mission = 1974
}}
1973 saw the launch of the first American Space station known as Skylab on a Saturn V rocket.
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Launches
{{TLS-M|1973}}
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=January=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 January |time= 06:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Proton-K
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 81
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Luna 21/Lunokhod 2
|user = MOM
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Lunar rover
|d-date = 15 January 1973 (At Moon)
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 January |time= 10:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 543 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 24 January 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 January |time= 03:36
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 544 (Tselina-O)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = ELINT
|d-date = 15 June 1980
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 January |time= 11:44
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 545 (DS-P1-Yu)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|d-date = 31 July 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 January |time= 11:44
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kapustin Yar Site 107
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 546 (Zaliv mockup)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Boilerplate
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=February=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 February |time= 08:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 547 (Zenit 2M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 13 February 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 February |time= 05:48
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 1-23
|user = MOM
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communication
|d-date = 23 October 1977
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 February |time= 13:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 548 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 21 February 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 February |time= 01:11
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Prognoz-3
|user = MOM
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Solar flare detection
|d-date = 31 December 1976
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 February |time= 04:37
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 549 (Tselina-O)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = ELINT
|d-date = 29 June 1980
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=March=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 March |time= 12:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 550 (Zenit 4MK)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 11 March 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 March |time= 09:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 551 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 20 March 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 March |time= 09:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas SLV-3A Agena-D
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-13
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Rhyolite 2
|user = US Air Force
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = ELINT
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 9 March |time= 21:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIID
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4E
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} KH-9
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 17 March 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 March |time= 11:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Vostok-2M (R-7 8A92M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Meteor 1-14
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Weather
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 22 March |time= 10:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 552 (Zenit 2M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 3 April 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Nauka
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Technology
|d-date = 9 April 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=April=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 April |time= 09:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Proton-K
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 81
|LSP =
|remarks = Depressurised before crew launch could occur
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Salyut 2 (Almaz)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Space Station
|d-date = 28 May 1973
|outcome = Spacecraft failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 April |time= 11:11
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 2-5
|user = MOM
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communications
|d-date = 6 January 1979
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 April |time= 02:11
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-36B
|LSP =
|remarks = First spacecraft to visit Saturn
Maiden flight of Atlas SLV-3D Centaur rocket.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Pioneer 11 (Pioneer G)
|user = NASA
|orbit = Heliocentric to Solar escape
|function = Planetary probe
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 April |time= 11:49
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 133
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 553 (DS-P1-Yu)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|d-date = 11 November 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 April |time= 08:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|remarks = Destroyed in orbit after deactivation
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 554 (Zenit 4MK)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 7 May 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 April |time= 10:19
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kapustin Yar Site 86
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}{{flagicon|POL|1928}} Interkosmos 9 (Kopernik 500)
|user = Interkosmos
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Solar radiation detection
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 April |time= 23:47
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta 1914
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Anik A2
|user = Telesat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 April
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Tsyklon-2
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 90
|LSP =
|remarks = Engine failure
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} US-A
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Ocean surveillance
|d-date = 25 April 1973
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 25 April |time= 10:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 555 (Zenit 2M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 7 May 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Nauka
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Scientific research
|d-date = 9 May 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=May=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 May |time= 07:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 556 (Zenit 4MK)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 14 May 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 May |time= 00:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Proton-K
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 81
|LSP =
|remarks = Loss of control in orbit
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 557 (Salyut / Zarya)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Space Station
|d-date = 22 May 1973
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 May |time= 17:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Saturn V
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39A
|LSP = NASA
|remarks = First American Space Station
Last flight of the Saturn V rocket
Damaged during launch, but repaired
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Skylab
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Space Station
|d-date = 11 July 1979
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 May |time= 16:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIB (24B)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 2093 (KH-8)
|user = NRO / US Air Force
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 13 June 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 May |time= 13:19
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 133
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 558 (DS-P1-Yu)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Radar calibration
|d-date = 22 December 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 May |time= 11:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|remarks = Maiden flight of Soyuz-U carrier rocket
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 559 (Zenit-4MK)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 23 May 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 21 May |time= 08:47
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} Diamant-B
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}} Kourou
|LSP = SEREB
|remarks = Final flight of Diamant-B
Fairing failed to separate
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} Castor
|user = CNES
|orbit = Intended:Low Earth
|function = Technology
|d-date = 21 May 1973
|outcome = Failure
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|FRA}} Pollux
|user = CNES
|orbit = Intended:Low Earth
|function = Technology
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 May |time= 10:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 560 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 5 June 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =24 May
|rocket ={{flagicon|USSR}} K63D
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|USSR}} Vladimirovka test range, near Kapustin Yar
|LSP =
|remarks =Subscale model of the Spiral spaceplane.{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |title=BOR-3 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bor-3.htm |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Gunter's Space Page }} Payload fairing failed at about 5 km altitude. Apogee: 20 km
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name ={{flagicon|USSR}} BOR-3 No.301
|cubesat =
|user =
|orbit =Suborbital
|function =Re-entry test for Spiral program
|d-date =22 May
|d-time =
|outcome =Failure
|d-span =
|o-span =
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 May
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|remarks = Failed to reach orbit
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Zaliv (Tsiklon)
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Navigation
|d-date = 25 May 1973
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 May |time= 13:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Saturn IB
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39B
|LSP = NASA
|remarks = Crewed flight with 3 astronauts, first crewed flight to Skylab
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo CSM-116 (Skylab 2)
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth, docked to Skylab
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 22 June 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 25 May |time= 13:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 561 (Zenit 2M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 6 June 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Nauka
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Gamma ray telescope
|d-date = 20 June 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 May |time= 10:16
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Vostok-2M (R-7 8A92M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Meteor 1-15
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Weather
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=June=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 June |time= 11:26
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 133
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 562 (DS-P1-Yu)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function =
|d-date = 7 January 1974
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 June |time= 11:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 563 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 18 June 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=8
|date = 8 June |time= 15:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 564 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 565 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 566 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 567 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 568 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 569 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 570 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 571 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communications
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 June |time= 10:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 572 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 23 June 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 June |time= 14:13
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta 1913
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Explorer 49 (RAE)
|user = NASA
|orbit = Selenocentric
|function = Astronomy
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 June |time= 07:14
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIC
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} DSP F-4 (IMEWS 4)
|user = US Air Force
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Missile early warning
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 June |time= 06:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz (R-7 11A511)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 573 (Soyuz 7K-T)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Test spacecraft
|d-date = 17 June 1973
|d-time = 06:01
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 June |time= 06:16
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 574 (Zaliv/Tsiklon)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 June |time= 13:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 575 (Zenit 2M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 3 July 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 June |time= 01:22
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|remarks = Exploded on pad after fuelling error; 9 killed
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Tselina-O
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = SIGINT
|d-date = Never left ground
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 June |time= 17:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIB (24B)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP =
|remarks = Agena upper stage malfunction; Failed to reach orbit
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 4018 (KH-8)
|user = US Air Force
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 26 June 1973
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 June |time= 11:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-M (R-7 11A511M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 576 (Zenit-4MT / Orion)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 9 July 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=July=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 4 July
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 4 July 1973
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 July |time= 09:58
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 2-6
|user = MOM
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communication
|d-date = 5 August 1978
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 July |time= 20:24
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIID
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4E
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 8261 (KH-9)
|user = NRO / CIA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 12 October 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 July |time= 17:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta 0300
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP =
|remarks = Second stage malfunction
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} ITOS E
|user = NASA / NOAA
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Weather
|d-date = 16 July 1973
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 July |time= 19:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Proton-K
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 81
|LSP =
|remarks = Retro-rockets failed, did not enter Martian orbit
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Mars 4
|user = MOM
|orbit = Intended: Areocentric
Actual: Heliocentric
|function = Mars orbiter
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 July |time= 11:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 577 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 7 August 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 July |time= 18:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Proton-K
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 81
|LSP =
|remarks = Computer malfunction a few days after entering Martian orbit
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Mars 5
|user = MOM
|orbit = Areocentric
|function = Mars orbiter
|outcome = Partial Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 July |time= 11:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Saturn IB
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39B
|LSP = NASA
|remarks = Crewed flight with 3 astronauts. Thruster malfunction, nearly required rescue mission
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo CSM-117 (Skylab 3)
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth, docked to Skylab
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 25 September 1973
|outcome = Partial Failure
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=August=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 August |time= 14:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 578 (Zenit 2M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 13 August 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 August |time= 17:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Proton-K
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 81
|LSP =
|remarks = Disappeared shortly before landing
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Mars 6
|user = MOM
|orbit = Heliocentric
|function = Mars lander
|d-date = 12 March 1974
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 August |time= 17:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Proton-K
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 81
|LSP =
|remarks = Missed planet due to premature separation
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Mars 7
|user = MOM
|orbit = Heliocentric
|function = Mars lander
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 August |time= 04:49
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thor-LV2F Burner-2A
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-10W
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} DMSP 5B F-4
|user = US Air Force
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Weather
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 August |time= 12:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 579 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 3 September 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 August |time= 16:07
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIB (33B)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 7724 (Jumpseat 3)
|user = NRO / US Air Force
|orbit = Molniya
|function = SIGINT
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 August |time= 11:24
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 133
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 580 (DS-P1-Yu)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|d-date = 1 April 1974
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 23 August |time= 22:57
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-36A
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Intelsat IV F7
|user = Intelsat
|orbit = Geosynchronous
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 August |time= 10:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 581 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 6 September 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 August |time= 10:08
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 582 (Tselina-O)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = ELINT
|d-date = 5 September 1980
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 August |time= 00:07
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 1-24
|user = MOM
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communication
|d-date = 5 December 1979
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 August |time= 10:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 583 (Zenit 2M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 12 September 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=September=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 September |time= 10:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 584 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 20 September 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 September |time= 01:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 585 (Sfera)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 September |time= 00:31
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 586 (Tsiklon)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 September
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC}} Feng Bao 1
|site = {{flagicon|PRC}} Jiuquan LA-2B
|LSP =
|remarks=First orbital launch of Feng Bao 1.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC}} JSSW
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|function = Unknown
|d-date = 18 September
|outcome = Failure
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 September |time= 13:05
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 587 (Zenit 4MK)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 4 October 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 September |time= 12:18
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz (R-7 11A511)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP =
|remarks = Return-to-flight after Soyuz 11 incident
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz 12, 2 Cosmonauts
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 29 September 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 September |time= 17:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIB (24B)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 6275 (KH-8)
|usr = NRO / US Air Force
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 29 October 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=October=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=8
|date = 2 October |time= 21:46
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 588 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 589 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 590 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 591 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 592 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 593 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 594 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 595 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 3 October |time= 13:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|remarks = Parachute failed to deploy during recovery
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 596 (Zenit 2M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 9 October 1973
|outcome = Failure
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Nauka
|user = RVSN
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Magnetosphere
|d-date = 9 October 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 October |time= 12:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 597 (Zenit 4MK)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 12 October 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 October |time= 10:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 598 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 16 October 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 October |time= 08:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 599 (Zenit 2M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 28 October 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 October |time= 12:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 600 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 23 October 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 October |time= 14:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 133
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 601 (DS-P1-Yu)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function =
|d-date = 15 August 1984
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 19 October |time= 10:26
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 2-7
|user = MOM
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communication
|d-date = 8 July 1983
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 October |time= 10:14
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 602 (Zenit 4MK)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 29 October 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 October |time= 02:26
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta 1913
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Explorer 50 (IMP)
|user = NASA
|orbit = High Earth
|function = Magnetosphere
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 October |time= 11:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 603 (Zenit 4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 9 November 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 October |time= 14:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Vostok-2M (R-7 8A92M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 604 (Tselina)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = SIGINT
|d-date = 19 January 1992
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 October |time= 00:37
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Scout A-1
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-5
|LSP = Vought
|remarks = Final flight of Scout A rocket
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Transit-O 20
|user = US Navy
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 October |time= 19:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Interkosmos 10 (DS-U2-IK)
|user = Interkosmos
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Geophysics
|d-date = 1 July 1977
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 31 October |time= 18:24
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 605 (Bion 1)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Biology
|d-date = 22 November 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=November=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2 November |time = 13:01
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 41
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 606 (Oko)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Missile Early Warning
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 November |time = 05:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-36B
|LSP =
|remarks = Flybys of Venus and Mercury
First spacecraft to visit Mercury
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Mariner 10
|user = NASA
|orbit = Heliocentric
|function = Planetary probe
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 24 March 1975
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 November |time = 17:02
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta 0300
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP = NASA
|remarks = Final flight of Delta 0100 series
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} NOAA 3 (ITOS-F)
|user = NASA / NOAA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Weather
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 November |time = 12:38
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 607 (Zenit 4MK)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 22 November 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 10 November |time = 20:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIID
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4E
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 6630 (KH-9)
|user = NRO / CIA
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 13 March 1974
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 7705 (SSF)
|user = NRO / US Air Force
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = SIGINT
|d-date = 26 December 1978
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 6630 P/L 2 (SSF)
|user = NRO / US Air Force
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = SIGINT
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 November |time = 20:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 1-25
|user = MOM
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communication
|d-date = 26 May 1979
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 November |time = 14:01
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Saturn IB
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Kennedy LC-39B
|LSP = NASA
|remarks = Crewed flight with 3 astronauts. Final flight of Skylab programme
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Apollo CSM-118 (Skylab 4)
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth, docked to Skylab
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 8 February 1974
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 November |time = 12:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 133
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 608 (DS-P1-Yu)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function=Radar calibration
|d-date = 10 July 1974
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 November |time = 10:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 609 (Zenit-4M)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 4 December 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 November |time = 00:08
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 610 (Tselina-O)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = SIGINT / ELINT
|d-date = 15 September 1980
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 November |time = 09:29
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 133
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 611 (DS-P1-Yu)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function=Radar calibration
|d-date = 19 June 1974
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 November |time = 11:43
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 612 (Zenit 4MK)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 11 December 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 November |time = 05:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz (R-7 11A511)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 613 (Soyuz 7K-T)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Test spacecraft
|d-date = 29 January 1974
|d-time = 05:29
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 November |time = 13:08
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 1-26
|user = MOM
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communication
|d-date = 9 June 1985
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|colspan=8|
=December=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 4 December |time = 15:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 614 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 December |time = 11:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 133
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 615 (DS-P1-I)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|d-date = 17 December 1975
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date = 13 December |time = 23:57
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan IIIC
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} DSCS II F-3
|user = US Air Force
|orbit = Geosynchronous |time = Then: Graveyard orbit
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 1 August 1982
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} DSCS II F-4
|user = US Air Force
|orbit = Geosynchronous |time = Then: Graveyard orbit
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = 20 December 1993
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 December |time = 06:18
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta 1900
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-2W
|LSP = NASA
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Explorer 51 (AE-C)
|user = NASA
|orbit = Low Earth / Medium Earth
|function = Atmospheric
|d-date = 12 December 1978
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 December |time = 12:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-M (R-7 11A511M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 616 (Zenit 4MT)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 28 December 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 December |time = 11:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz (R-7 11A511)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP =
|remarks = Orion 2 Astrophysics / Astronomy
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz 13, 2 Cosmonauts
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Crewed orbital flight
|d-date = 26 December 1973
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=8
|date = 19 December |time = 09:43
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 617 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 618 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 619 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 620 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 621 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 622 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 623 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 624 (Strela)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Communication
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 December |time = 12:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Voskhod (R-7 11A57)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 625 (Zenit 4MK)
|user = MOM
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Reconnaissance
|d-date = 3 January 1974
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 December |time = 11:17
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 2-8
|user = MOM
|orbit = Molniya
|function = Communication
|d-date = 24 November 1985
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 December |time = 16:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}{{flagicon|FRA}} Aureole 2 (DS-U2-GKA)
|user = MO SSSR / CNES
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Auroral research
|d-date = 30 April 1974
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 December |time = 20:19
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Tsyklon-2
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 90
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 626 (US-A / RORSAT)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Ocean Reconnaissance
|d-date = 22 March 1974
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 December |time = 04:12
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132
|LSP =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 627 (Zaliv)
|user = MO SSSR
|orbit = Low Earth
|function = Navigation
|outcome = Successful
}}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|1973}}
Deep Space Rendezvous
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| Date (GMT)
!Spacecraft !Event !Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January | Luna 21 | Delivered Lunokhod 2 between Mare Serenitatis and the Taurus Mountains | |
| 15 June | Explorer 49 | Entered Selenocentric orbit | Radio telescope |
| {{nowrap|3 December}} | Pioneer 10 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: {{convert|130354|km}} |
EVAs
| class="wikitable" width="100%" |
| Start Date/Time
!Duration !End Time !Spacecraft !Crew !Remarks |
|---|
| 26 May 00:40 |{{nowrap|40 minutes}} |01:20 |{{flagicon|USA}}Paul J. Weitz |Using a {{convert|10|ft|adj=on}} long tool, Weitz stood in the open hatch of the Command Module (as Joe Kerwin held onto his legs) and tried to remove a strap preventing the release of a solar panel on Skylab.{{cite web |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770020211_1977020211.pdf |title=Skylab, Our First Space Station |access-date=7 February 2009 |last=Belew |first=Leland F. |year=1977 |publisher=NASA |pages=61 |archive-date=17 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317234819/http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770020211_1977020211.pdf |url-status=live }} |
| 7 June 15:15 |3 hours |18:40 |Skylab |{{flagicon|USA}}Pete Conrad |Used long-handled cable cutters to remove debris that prevented the solar array system from deploying and then forced the solar array system to deploy, providing the Skylab with electrical power needed to operate. |
| 19 June 10:55 |1 hour |12:31 |Skylab |{{flagicon|USA}}Pete Conrad |Replaced exposed film cassettes with fresh film and repaired an electrical contact. |
| 6 August 17:30 |6 hours |7 August |Skylab |{{flagicon|USA}}Owen K. Garriott |Erected a twin-pole solar shield to improve temperature control in Skylab, replaced film cassettes in the solar observatory and installed micrometeoroid detection panels. |
| 24 August 16:24 |4 hours |20:55 |Skylab |{{flagicon|USA}}Owen K. Garriott |Installed a new gyroscope selection box, and replaced the film in the solar observatory. |
| nowrap |22 September 11:18 |2 hours |13:59 |Skylab |{{flagicon|USA}}Owen K. Garriott |Replaced the film on the solar observatory and collected the Thermal Coatings Experiment Panel for return to Earth.{{cite web |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740024203_1974024203.pdf |title=Skylab Crew Systems Mission Evaluation |access-date=11 February 2009 |last=Ledbetter |first=James |year=1974 |publisher=NASA |pages=301, p.338 |archive-date=26 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626145418/http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740024203_1974024203.pdf |url-status=live }} |
| 22 November 17:42 |6 hours |{{nowrap|23 November}} |Skylab |{{flagicon|USA}}Edward Gibson |Replaced the film on the solar observatory and repaired the antenna for the Earth resources experiment package. |
| 25 December 16:00 |7 hours |23:01 |Skylab |{{flagicon|USA}}Gerald P. Carr |Used the extreme ultraviolet electronographic camera and the coronagraph contamination camera to photograph Comet Kohoutek. They also replaced the film on the solar observatory. |
| 29 December 17:00 |3 hours |20:29 |Skylab |{{flagicon|USA}}Gerald P. Carr |Photographed Comet Kohoutek as it appeared from behind the Sun and recovered the Thermal Control Coatings Experiment panel. |
References
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=Footnotes=
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