1970 orbital launches

In 1970, ExGalactic records 120 orbital launch attempts.

Counts include only launches confirmed by at least two independent sources.

By country

LaunchesCountry
50Other
31Russia
23Kazakhstan
14USA
1French Guiana
1Japan

Launches

  1. Yu15002-025 — 9 January 1970, 09:20 UTC — Success
  2. 23B-3 (3B-25) — 14 January 1970, 18:43 UTC — Success
  3. 557/D075 — 15 January 1970, 00:16 UTC — Success
  4. V295-12 — 15 January 1970, 13:39 UTC — Success
  5. Kosmos-320 — 16 January 1970, 10:59 UTC — Success
  6. N231-06 — 20 January 1970, 20:20 UTC — Success
  7. Yu15002-011 — 21 January 1970, 12:00 UTC — Success
  8. 542/D076 — 23 January 1970, 11:31 UTC — Success
  9. 534/6111 (TA12) — 4 February 1970, 02:59 UTC — Success
  10. Yu15002-013 — 10 February 1970, 12:00 UTC — Success
  11. L-4S-5 — 11 February 1970, 04:25 UTC — Success
  12. 287/BII-9 — 11 February 1970, 08:40 UTC — Success
  13. V 15000-087 — 19 February 1970, 18:57 UTC — Success
  14. Yu646-27 — 27 February 1970, 17:24 UTC — Success
  15. V 15002-005 — 4 March 1970, 12:14 UTC — Success
  16. 551/1657 — 4 March 1970, 22:15 UTC — Success
  17. Mika/Wika — 10 March 1970, 12:20 UTC — Success
  18. Kosmos-326 — 13 March 1970, 08:00 UTC — Success
  19. Meteor — 17 March 1970, 11:10 UTC — Success
  20. Kosmos-327 — 18 March 1970, 14:39 UTC — Success
  21. NATO 2A — 20 March 1970, 23:52 UTC — Success
  22. Kosmos-328 — 27 March 1970, 11:45 UTC — Success
  23. Kosmos-329 — 3 April 1970, 08:30 UTC — Success
  24. Kosmos-330 — 7 April 1970, 11:10 UTC — Success
  25. Nimbus 4 — 8 April 1970, 08:17 UTC — Success
  26. Kosmos-331 — 8 April 1970, 10:15 UTC — Success
  27. Vela 6A/6B — 8 April 1970, 10:50 UTC — Success
  28. Kosmos-332 — 11 April 1970, 17:00 UTC — Success
  29. Apollo 13 — 11 April 1970, 19:13 UTC — Success
  30. Kosmos-333 — 15 April 1970, 09:00 UTC — Success
  31. KH-8A — 15 April 1970, 15:52 UTC — Success
  32. Intelsat III F-7 — 23 April 1970, 00:46 UTC — Success
  33. Kosmos-334 — 23 April 1970, 13:20 UTC — Success
  34. DFH-1 — 24 April 1970, 13:35 UTC — Success
  35. Kosmos-335 — 24 April 1970, 22:24 UTC — Success
  36. Kosmos-336/343 — 25 April 1970, 17:09 UTC — Success
  37. Meteor — 28 April 1970, 10:50 UTC — Success
  38. Kosmos-344 — 12 May 1970, 10:10 UTC — Success
  39. Kosmos-345 — 20 May 1970, 09:20 UTC — Success
  40. CORONA 138/1110 — 20 May 1970, 21:35 UTC — Success
  41. Soyuz-9 — 1 June 1970, 19:00 UTC — Success
  42. Kosmos-346 — 10 June 1970, 09:30 UTC — Success
  43. Kosmos-347 — 12 June 1970, 09:30 UTC — Success
  44. Kosmos-348 — 13 June 1970, 04:59 UTC — Success
  45. Kosmos-349 — 17 June 1970, 12:59 UTC — Success
  46. AFP-720 — 19 June 1970, 11:37 UTC — Success
  47. Meteor — 23 June 1970, 14:15 UTC — Success
  48. KH-8A — 25 June 1970, 14:50 UTC — Success
  49. Molniya-1 14 — 26 June 1970, 03:23 UTC — Success
  50. Zenit-2M 9 — 26 June 1970, 12:00 UTC — Success
  51. DS-P1-Yu 34 — 27 June 1970, 07:39 UTC — Success
  52. Strela-2M 1 — 27 June 1970, 16:39 UTC — Failure
  53. Zenit-4 74 — 7 July 1970, 10:30 UTC — Success
  54. Zenit-2M 10 — 9 July 1970, 13:35 UTC — Success
  55. Zenit-4 75 — 21 July 1970, 12:30 UTC — Failure
  56. KH-4B 11 — 23 July 1970, 01:25 UTC — Success
  57. INTELSAT III F-8 — 23 July 1970, 23:23 UTC — Success
  58. R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 22 — 28 July 1970, 22:00 UTC — Success
  59. DS-U2-IK 1 — 7 August 1970, 02:59 UTC — Success
  60. Zenit-4 76 — 7 August 1970, 09:30 UTC — Success
  61. DS-U2-MG 2 — 10 August 1970, 19:59 UTC — Success
  62. Venera-7 — 17 August 1970, 05:38 UTC — Success
  63. KH-8 28 — 18 August 1970, 14:45 UTC — Success
  64. Skynet IB — 19 August 1970, 12:11 UTC — Success
  65. DS-P1-Yu 35 — 19 August 1970, 14:59 UTC — Success
  66. DS-P1-M 1 — 20 August 1970, 14:30 UTC — Success
  67. Venera-8a — 22 August 1970, 05:06 UTC — Failure
  68. Strawman 3 — 26 August 1970, 10:01 UTC — Success
  69. Transit-O 19 — 27 August 1970, 13:23 UTC — Success
  70. Zenit-4M 5 — 29 August 1970, 08:30 UTC — Success
  71. Canyon 3 — 1 September 1970, 01:00 UTC — Success
  72. X-2 — 2 September 1970, 00:34 UTC — Failure
  73. DSAP-5A F2 — 3 September 1970, 08:39 UTC — Success
  74. Zenit-4M 6 — 8 September 1970, 10:30 UTC — Success
  75. Luna-16 — 12 September 1970, 13:25 UTC — Success
  76. DS-P1-I 9 — 16 September 1970, 11:59 UTC — Success
  77. Zenit-2M 11 — 17 September 1970, 08:10 UTC — Success
  78. Zenit-4MK 3 — 22 September 1970, 13:00 UTC — Success
  79. MS-F1 — 25 September 1970, 05:00 UTC — Failure
  80. OGCh 23 — 25 September 1970, 14:05 UTC — Success
  81. Molniya-1 15 — 29 September 1970, 08:14 UTC — Success
  82. Zenit-2M 12 — 1 October 1970, 08:20 UTC — Success
  83. US-A 1 — 3 October 1970, 10:26 UTC — Success
  84. Zenit-2M 13 — 8 October 1970, 12:39 UTC — Success
  85. DS-P1-Yu 36 — 8 October 1970, 15:10 UTC — Success
  86. Zenit-4M 7 — 9 October 1970, 11:04 UTC — Success
  87. Zaliv 6 — 12 October 1970, 13:57 UTC — Success
  88. DS-U3-IK 2 — 14 October 1970, 11:29 UTC — Success
  89. Meteor-1 6 (16L) — 15 October 1970, 11:22 UTC — Success
  90. Strela-2M 2 — 16 October 1970, 14:59 UTC — Success
  91. I2M 3 — 20 October 1970, 05:38 UTC — Success
  92. Zond 8 — 20 October 1970, 19:55 UTC — Success
  93. I2P 4 — 23 October 1970, 04:42 UTC — Success
  94. KH-8 29 — 23 October 1970, 17:40 UTC — Success
  95. I2P 5 — 30 October 1970, 02:36 UTC — Success
  96. Zenit-4M 8 — 30 October 1970, 13:20 UTC — Success
  97. DSP 1 — 6 November 1970, 10:35 UTC — Success
  98. OFO — 9 November 1970, 06:00 UTC — Success
  99. Luna-17 — 10 November 1970, 14:44 UTC — Success
  100. Zenit-2M 14 — 11 November 1970, 09:20 UTC — Success
  101. DS-U2-IP — 17 November 1970, 18:20 UTC — Success
  102. KH-4B 12 — 18 November 1970, 21:28 UTC — Success
  103. T2K 1 — 24 November 1970, 05:15 UTC — Success
  104. DS-P1-Yu 37 — 24 November 1970, 10:59 UTC — Success
  105. Molniya-1 16 — 27 November 1970, 15:47 UTC — Success
  106. OAO B — 30 November 1970, 22:40 UTC — Failure
  107. Ionosfernaya Stantsiya 2 — 2 December 1970, 04:00 UTC — Success
  108. L1E 2K — 2 December 1970, 17:00 UTC — Success
  109. Zenit-4MK 4 — 3 December 1970, 13:55 UTC — Success
  110. Zenit-2M 15 — 10 December 1970, 11:10 UTC — Success
  111. NOAA 1 — 11 December 1970, 11:35 UTC — Success
  112. Uhuru — 12 December 1970, 10:53 UTC — Success
  113. Zaliv 7 — 12 December 1970, 13:00 UTC — Success
  114. Péole — 12 December 1970, 13:04 UTC — Success
  115. Zenit-4M 9 — 15 December 1970, 10:00 UTC — Success
  116. Tselina-O 7 — 16 December 1970, 04:29 UTC — Success
  117. DS-P1-Yu 38 — 18 December 1970, 09:39 UTC — Success
  118. Tselina-D 1 — 18 December 1970, 16:15 UTC — Success
  119. DS-P1-M 2 — 22 December 1970, 21:30 UTC — Failure
  120. Molniya-1 17 — 25 December 1970, 03:50 UTC — Success

Sources: Jonathan's Space Report (GCAT), CC-BY; CelesTrak; Launch Library 2.

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