1972 orbital launches

In 1972, ExGalactic records 113 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
57Russia
32USA
22Kazakhstan
1Japan
1Other

Launches

  1. Zenit-4M 30 — 12 January 1972, 09:59 UTC — Success
  2. KH-9 2 — 20 January 1972, 18:36 UTC — Success
  3. INTELSAT IV F4 — 23 January 1972, 00:12 UTC — Success
  4. DS-P1-Yu 50 — 25 January 1972, 11:15 UTC — Success
  5. HEOS 2 — 31 January 1972, 17:20 UTC — Success
  6. Zenit-2M 25 — 3 February 1972, 08:40 UTC — Success
  7. Luna-20 — 14 February 1972, 03:27 UTC — Success
  8. Zenit-4M 31 — 16 February 1972, 09:30 UTC — Success
  9. Jumpseat 2 — 16 February 1972, 09:59 UTC — Failure
  10. Zaliv 10 — 25 February 1972, 07:52 UTC — Success
  11. DSP 3 — 1 March 1972, 09:39 UTC — Success
  12. Tselina-D 3 — 1 March 1972, 11:15 UTC — Success
  13. Pioneer 10 — 3 March 1972, 01:49 UTC — Success
  14. Zenit-2M 26 — 4 March 1972, 10:00 UTC — Success
  15. TD-1A — 12 March 1972, 01:55 UTC — Success
  16. Zenit-4M 32 — 15 March 1972, 13:00 UTC — Success
  17. KH-8 34 — 17 March 1972, 17:00 UTC — Success
  18. Tselina-O 14 — 22 March 1972, 20:30 UTC — Success
  19. DMSP-5B F2 — 24 March 1972, 08:46 UTC — Success
  20. Sfera 8 — 25 March 1972, 02:20 UTC — Success
  21. DS-P1-Yu 51 — 25 March 1972, 10:39 UTC — Success
  22. Venera-8 — 27 March 1972, 04:15 UTC — Success
  23. Meteor-1 11 (23L) — 30 March 1972, 14:05 UTC — Success
  24. Venera-9a — 31 March 1972, 04:02 UTC — Failure
  25. Zenit-4M 33 — 3 April 1972, 10:15 UTC — Success
  26. Molniya-1 20 — 4 April 1972, 20:38 UTC — Success
  27. Zenit-2M 27 — 6 April 1972, 08:00 UTC — Success
  28. Energiya 1 — 7 April 1972, 10:00 UTC — Success
  29. DS-P1-Yu 52 — 11 April 1972, 11:04 UTC — Success
  30. Prognoz — 14 April 1972, 00:54 UTC — Success
  31. Zenit-4M 34 — 14 April 1972, 08:00 UTC — Success
  32. Apollo 16 — 16 April 1972, 17:54 UTC — Success
  33. KH-4B 16 — 19 April 1972, 21:43 UTC — Success
  34. DS-P1-Yu 53 — 21 April 1972, 11:59 UTC — Success
  35. DS-P1-Yu 54 — 25 April 1972, 11:29 UTC — Failure
  36. Zenit-4MK 7 — 5 May 1972, 11:20 UTC — Success
  37. Zaliv 11 — 6 May 1972, 11:24 UTC — Success
  38. Zenit-2M 28 — 17 May 1972, 10:19 UTC — Success
  39. Molniya-2 2 — 19 May 1972, 14:30 UTC — Success
  40. KH-8 35 — 20 May 1972, 15:30 UTC — Failure
  41. Zenit-4M 35 — 25 May 1972, 06:35 UTC — Success
  42. KH-4B 17 — 25 May 1972, 18:41 UTC — Success
  43. Zenit-4M 36 — 9 June 1972, 06:59 UTC — Success
  44. INTELSAT IV F5 — 13 June 1972, 21:53 UTC — Success
  45. Zenit-2M 29 — 21 June 1972, 06:25 UTC — Success
  46. Strela-2M 5 — 23 June 1972, 09:24 UTC — Success
  47. Zenit-4M 37 — 23 June 1972, 11:19 UTC — Success
  48. Kosmos 496 — 26 June 1972, 14:53 UTC — Success
  49. Prognoz-2 — 29 June 1972, 03:47 UTC — Success
  50. DS-U3-IK 3 — 30 June 1972, 05:58 UTC — Success
  51. DS-P1-I 13 — 30 June 1972, 09:19 UTC — Success
  52. Meteor-1 12 (26L) — 30 June 1972, 18:52 UTC — Success
  53. DS-P1-Yu 55 — 5 July 1972, 09:29 UTC — Success
  54. Zenit-4M 38 — 6 July 1972, 10:40 UTC — Success
  55. KH-9 3 — 7 July 1972, 17:46 UTC — Success
  56. Tselina-O 15 — 10 July 1972, 16:15 UTC — Success
  57. DS-P1-Yu 56 — 12 July 1972, 05:59 UTC — Success
  58. Zenit-4MT 2 — 13 July 1972, 14:30 UTC — Success
  59. Zenit-4M 39 — 19 July 1972, 13:45 UTC — Success
  60. Strela-1M 25-32 — 20 July 1972, 18:10 UTC — Success
  61. Landsat 1 — 23 July 1972, 18:06 UTC — Success
  62. Zenit-2M 30 — 28 July 1972, 10:19 UTC — Success
  63. Salyut-2a — 29 July 1972, 03:20 UTC — Failure
  64. Zenit-4M 40 — 2 August 1972, 08:15 UTC — Success
  65. Explorer 46 — 13 August 1972, 15:10 UTC — Success
  66. Zaliv-GVM 3 — 16 August 1972, 13:40 UTC — Success
  67. Zenit-4MK 8 — 18 August 1972, 10:00 UTC — Success
  68. Denpa — 19 August 1972, 02:40 UTC — Success
  69. Copernicus — 21 August 1972, 10:28 UTC — Success
  70. US-A 4 — 21 August 1972, 10:36 UTC — Success
  71. Zenit-2M 31 — 30 August 1972, 08:19 UTC — Success
  72. KH-8 36 — 1 September 1972, 17:36 UTC — Success
  73. Zenit-4M 41 — 2 September 1972, 10:49 UTC — Failure
  74. Triad 1 — 2 September 1972, 17:50 UTC — Success
  75. Zenit-2M 32 — 15 September 1972, 09:40 UTC — Success
  76. Zenit-4M 42 — 16 September 1972, 08:20 UTC — Success
  77. US-K 1 — 19 September 1972, 19:19 UTC — Success
  78. IMP 7 — 23 September 1972, 01:20 UTC — Success
  79. DS-P1-M 6 — 29 September 1972, 20:18 UTC — Success
  80. Molniya-2 3 — 30 September 1972, 20:19 UTC — Success
  81. Radcat — 2 October 1972, 20:10 UTC — Success
  82. Zenit-4M 43 — 4 October 1972, 12:00 UTC — Success
  83. DS-P1-Yu 57 — 5 October 1972, 11:30 UTC — Success
  84. KH-9 4 — 10 October 1972, 18:03 UTC — Success
  85. DS-P1-Yu 58 — 11 October 1972, 13:19 UTC — Success
  86. Molniya-1 21 — 14 October 1972, 06:16 UTC — Success
  87. NOAA 2 — 15 October 1972, 17:19 UTC — Success
  88. Strela-2M 6 — 17 October 1972, 19:59 UTC — Failure
  89. Zenit-2M 33 — 18 October 1972, 11:59 UTC — Success
  90. DS-P1-Yu 59 — 25 October 1972, 10:39 UTC — Success
  91. Meteor-1 13 (25L) — 26 October 1972, 22:05 UTC — Success
  92. Zenit-4MK 9 — 31 October 1972, 13:29 UTC — Success
  93. Strela-1M 33-40 — 1 November 1972, 02:08 UTC — Success
  94. Tselina-O 16 — 3 November 1972, 01:34 UTC — Success
  95. DSAP-5B F3 — 9 November 1972, 03:23 UTC — Success
  96. Anik A1 — 10 November 1972, 01:14 UTC — Success
  97. SAS 2 — 15 November 1972, 22:13 UTC — Success
  98. ESRO 4 — 22 November 1972, 00:17 UTC — Success
  99. Soyuz 7K-LOK No.2 — 23 November 1972, 06:11 UTC — Failure
  100. Zenit-2M 34 — 25 November 1972, 09:10 UTC — Success
  101. DS-U1-IK 2 — 30 November 1972, 21:49 UTC — Success
  102. Molniya-1 22 — 2 December 1972, 04:39 UTC — Success
  103. Apollo 17 — 7 December 1972, 05:33 UTC — Success
  104. Nimbus 5 — 11 December 1972, 07:56 UTC — Success
  105. Molniya-2 4 — 12 December 1972, 06:51 UTC — Success
  106. Zenit-4M 44 — 14 December 1972, 13:40 UTC — Success
  107. Aeros 1 — 16 December 1972, 11:24 UTC — Success
  108. Canyon 5 — 20 December 1972, 22:20 UTC — Success
  109. Sfera 9 — 21 December 1972, 02:05 UTC — Success
  110. KH-8 37 — 21 December 1972, 17:45 UTC — Success
  111. Strela-2M 7 — 25 December 1972, 23:05 UTC — Success
  112. Zenit-4MT 3 — 27 December 1972, 10:30 UTC — Success
  113. Tselina-D 4 — 28 December 1972, 11:00 UTC — Success

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

Last updated: 2026-10-20 UTC.

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