1976 orbital launches

In 1976, ExGalactic records 131 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
66Russia
34Kazakhstan
26USA
3China
2Japan

Launches

  1. Tselina-O 29 — 6 January 1976, 04:52 UTC — Success
  2. Zenit-4MK 54 — 7 January 1976, 15:34 UTC — Success
  3. Helios-B — 15 January 1976, 05:34 UTC — Success
  4. Hermes — 17 January 1976, 23:27 UTC — Success
  5. Parus 5 — 20 January 1976, 17:07 UTC — Success
  6. Molniya-1K 32 — 22 January 1976, 11:38 UTC — Success
  7. Tselina-O 30 — 22 January 1976, 22:26 UTC — Success
  8. Strela-1M 105-112 — 28 January 1976, 10:39 UTC — Success
  9. Zenit-2M 64 — 29 January 1976, 08:30 UTC — Success
  10. Intelsat-4A 2 — 29 January 1976, 23:56 UTC — Success
  11. Zaliv 20 — 3 February 1976, 08:16 UTC — Success
  12. CORSA — 4 February 1976, 06:00 UTC — Failure
  13. DS-P1-I 17 — 5 February 1976, 14:30 UTC — Success
  14. Zenit-4MK 55 — 11 February 1976, 08:50 UTC — Success
  15. DS-P1-M 8 — 12 February 1976, 13:00 UTC — Success
  16. IS-A 1 — 16 February 1976, 08:29 UTC — Success
  17. DMSP-5C F3 — 19 February 1976, 07:52 UTC — Success
  18. Marisat 1 — 19 February 1976, 22:32 UTC — Success
  19. Yantar-2K 4 — 20 February 1976, 14:01 UTC — Success
  20. Ume 1 — 29 February 1976, 03:30 UTC — Success
  21. Zenit-4MK 56 — 10 March 1976, 08:00 UTC — Success
  22. Molniya-1K 33 — 11 March 1976, 19:45 UTC — Success
  23. Taifun-1 4 — 12 March 1976, 13:30 UTC — Success
  24. LES 8, 9 & Solrad 11A, 11B — 15 March 1976, 01:25 UTC — Success
  25. Tselina-D 9 — 16 March 1976, 17:22 UTC — Success
  26. Zenit-2M 65 — 18 March 1976, 09:15 UTC — Success
  27. Molniya-1K 34 — 19 March 1976, 19:31 UTC — Success
  28. KH-8 46 — 22 March 1976, 18:14 UTC — Success
  29. Zenit-4MK 57 — 26 March 1976, 15:00 UTC — Success
  30. Satcom 2 — 26 March 1976, 22:47 UTC — Success
  31. Zenit-4MT 10 — 31 March 1976, 12:50 UTC — Success
  32. Tselina-O 31 — 6 April 1976, 04:14 UTC — Success
  33. Meteor-1 24 (37L) — 7 April 1976, 13:05 UTC — Success
  34. Zenit-2M 66 — 9 April 1976, 08:30 UTC — Success
  35. IS-A 2 — 13 April 1976, 17:15 UTC — Success
  36. NATO 3A — 22 April 1976, 20:46 UTC — Success
  37. Zenit-4MK 58 — 28 April 1976, 09:30 UTC — Success
  38. Taifun-2 1 — 28 April 1976, 13:30 UTC — Success
  39. Parcae 1A,B,C & MSD 1 — 30 April 1976, 19:12 UTC — Success
  40. Lageos 1 — 4 May 1976, 08:00 UTC — Success
  41. Zenit-4MK 59 — 5 May 1976, 07:50 UTC — Success
  42. Molniya-3 16L — 12 May 1976, 17:57 UTC — Success
  43. Comstar 1A — 13 May 1976, 22:28 UTC — Success
  44. Meteor-Priroda 2-1 — 15 May 1976, 13:30 UTC — Success
  45. DS-P1-Yu 78 — 18 May 1976, 10:59 UTC — Success
  46. Zenit-2M 67 — 20 May 1976, 09:00 UTC — Success
  47. Zenit-4MKT 2 — 21 May 1976, 07:00 UTC — Success
  48. Wideband — 22 May 1976, 07:42 UTC — Success
  49. Zenit-4MK 60 — 26 May 1976, 09:00 UTC — Success
  50. Taifun-1 5 — 28 May 1976, 15:00 UTC — Success
  51. Quasar 1 — 2 June 1976, 20:56 UTC — Success
  52. Zaliv 21 — 2 June 1976, 22:30 UTC — Success
  53. Zenit-4MK 61 — 8 June 1976, 07:00 UTC — Success
  54. Marisat 2 — 10 June 1976, 00:09 UTC — Success
  55. Strela-1M 113-120 — 15 June 1976, 13:19 UTC — Success
  56. Zenit-4MK 62 — 16 June 1976, 13:09 UTC — Success
  57. AUOS-Z-T-IK 1 — 19 June 1976, 16:00 UTC — Success
  58. Salyut-5 — 22 June 1976, 18:04 UTC — Success
  59. Zenit-2M 68 — 24 June 1976, 07:10 UTC — Success
  60. DSP 6 — 26 June 1976, 03:00 UTC — Success
  61. Zenit-4MK 63 — 29 June 1976, 07:20 UTC — Success
  62. Strela-2M 12 — 29 June 1976, 08:12 UTC — Success
  63. Molniya-2 — 1 July 1976, 08:05 UTC — Failure
  64. US-P 3 — 2 July 1976, 10:30 UTC — Success
  65. Soyuz 21 — 6 July 1976, 12:08 UTC — Success
  66. KH-9 12 — 8 July 1976, 18:30 UTC — Success
  67. DS-P1-M 9 (Kosmos-839) — 8 July 1976, 21:08 UTC — Success
  68. Palapa A1 — 8 July 1976, 23:31 UTC — Success
  69. Zenit-2M 69 — 14 July 1976, 09:00 UTC — Success
  70. Strela-2M 13 — 15 July 1976, 13:11 UTC — Success
  71. Sfera 15 — 21 July 1976, 10:20 UTC — Success
  72. IS-A 3 — 21 July 1976, 15:14 UTC — Success
  73. Yantar-2K 5 — 22 July 1976, 15:40 UTC — Success
  74. Comstar 1B — 22 July 1976, 22:04 UTC — Success
  75. Molniya-1K 35 — 23 July 1976, 15:49 UTC — Success
  76. Tselina-O 32 — 27 July 1976, 05:21 UTC — Success
  77. DS-U3-IK 6 — 27 July 1976, 12:00 UTC — Success
  78. NOAA 5 — 29 July 1976, 17:07 UTC — Success
  79. Zaliv 22 — 29 July 1976, 20:02 UTC — Success
  80. Zenit-4MK 64 — 4 August 1976, 13:40 UTC — Success
  81. Quasar 2 — 6 August 1976, 22:21 UTC — Success
  82. Luna-24 — 9 August 1976, 15:04 UTC — Success
  83. Zenit-2M 70 — 12 August 1976, 13:30 UTC — Success
  84. DS-P1-I 18 — 18 August 1976, 09:30 UTC — Success
  85. DS-P1-Yu 79 — 26 August 1976, 10:59 UTC — Success
  86. Tselina-D 10 — 27 August 1976, 14:34 UTC — Success
  87. Zenit-4MK 65 — 28 August 1976, 09:00 UTC — Success
  88. JSSW 3 — 30 August 1976, 11:45 UTC — Success
  89. Molniya-2 — 1 September 1976, 03:23 UTC — Failure
  90. TIP 3 — 1 September 1976, 21:14 UTC — Success
  91. Zenit-4MK 66 — 3 September 1976, 09:20 UTC — Success
  92. DMSP-5D1 F1 — 11 September 1976, 08:00 UTC — Success
  93. Raduga 2 — 11 September 1976, 18:24 UTC — Success
  94. Soyuz 22 — 15 September 1976, 09:48 UTC — Success
  95. KH-8 47 — 15 September 1976, 18:50 UTC — Success
  96. Zenit-4MT 11 — 21 September 1976, 11:40 UTC — Success
  97. Zenit-2M 71 — 22 September 1976, 09:30 UTC — Success
  98. Zenit-4MK 67 — 24 September 1976, 15:00 UTC — Success
  99. Strela-2M 14 — 29 September 1976, 07:04 UTC — Success
  100. Zenit-4MKT 3 — 4 October 1976, 11:00 UTC — Failure
  101. Zenit-4MK 68 — 10 October 1976, 09:35 UTC — Success
  102. Soyuz 23 — 14 October 1976, 17:39 UTC — Success
  103. Marisat 3 — 14 October 1976, 22:44 UTC — Success
  104. Meteor-1 26 (35L) — 15 October 1976, 22:59 UTC — Success
  105. US-A 12 — 17 October 1976, 18:06 UTC — Success
  106. US-A 13 — 21 October 1976, 16:53 UTC — Success
  107. US-K 5 — 22 October 1976, 09:11 UTC — Success
  108. Zenit-4MK 69 — 25 October 1976, 14:30 UTC — Success
  109. Ekran — 26 October 1976, 14:50 UTC — Success
  110. Parus 6 — 29 October 1976, 12:39 UTC — Success
  111. Zenit-2M 72 — 1 November 1976, 11:20 UTC — Success
  112. JSSW 4 — 10 November 1976, 09:05 UTC — Failure
  113. Zenit-4MK 70 — 11 November 1976, 10:45 UTC — Success
  114. Zenit-6U 1 — 23 November 1976, 16:27 UTC — Success
  115. Prognoz-5 — 25 November 1976, 03:59 UTC — Success
  116. US-P 4 — 26 November 1976, 14:30 UTC — Success
  117. Kosmos 869 — 29 November 1976, 16:00 UTC — Success
  118. Tselina-O 33 — 2 December 1976, 00:17 UTC — Success
  119. Molniya-2 16 — 2 December 1976, 02:44 UTC — Success
  120. FSW-0 2 — 7 December 1976, 04:38 UTC — Success
  121. Strela-1M 121-128 — 7 December 1976, 10:23 UTC — Success
  122. Zenit-2M 73 — 9 December 1976, 10:00 UTC — Success
  123. DS-P1-M 10 — 9 December 1976, 20:00 UTC — Success
  124. TKS-VA 1 & 2 — 15 December 1976, 01:30 UTC — Success
  125. Tsikada 1 — 15 December 1976, 13:59 UTC — Success
  126. Zenit-4MK 71 — 17 December 1976, 09:30 UTC — Success
  127. Taifun-2 2 — 17 December 1976, 12:00 UTC — Success
  128. KH-11 1 — 19 December 1976, 18:19 UTC — Success
  129. IS-A 4 — 27 December 1976, 12:05 UTC — Success
  130. Molniya-3 17L — 28 December 1976, 06:38 UTC — Success
  131. Parus 7 — 28 December 1976, 07:49 UTC — Success

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

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