1977 orbital launches

In 1977, ExGalactic records 128 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
72Russia
30Kazakhstan
24USA
2Japan

Launches

  1. Zenit-4MK 72 — 6 January 1977, 09:40 UTC — Success
  2. Meteor-2 2 — 6 January 1977, 23:17 UTC — Success
  3. Zenit-2M 74 — 20 January 1977, 08:30 UTC — Success
  4. Zaliv 23 — 20 January 1977, 20:05 UTC — Success
  5. NATO 3B — 28 January 1977, 00:50 UTC — Success
  6. Taifun-1 6 — 2 February 1977, 12:30 UTC — Success
  7. DSP 7 — 6 February 1977, 06:00 UTC — Success
  8. Soyuz 24 — 7 February 1977, 16:11 UTC — Success
  9. Zenit-4MK 73 — 9 February 1977, 11:30 UTC — Success
  10. Molniya-2 17 — 11 February 1977, 14:57 UTC — Success
  11. DS-U2-IK GVM — 15 February 1977, 11:00 UTC — Success
  12. Tansei-3 — 19 February 1977, 05:15 UTC — Success
  13. Parus 8 — 21 February 1977, 17:20 UTC — Success
  14. Zenit-4MK 74 — 22 February 1977, 09:19 UTC — Failure
  15. Kiku 2 — 23 February 1977, 08:50 UTC — Success
  16. Tselina-D 11 — 26 February 1977, 21:18 UTC — Success
  17. Zenit-6U 2 — 3 March 1977, 10:30 UTC — Success
  18. Zenit-4MK 75 — 10 March 1977, 11:00 UTC — Success
  19. Palapa A2 — 10 March 1977, 23:16 UTC — Success
  20. KH-8 48 — 13 March 1977, 18:41 UTC — Success
  21. Zenit-2M 75 — 17 March 1977, 08:30 UTC — Success
  22. Molniya-1K 36 — 24 March 1977, 11:51 UTC — Success
  23. Tselina-O 34 — 24 March 1977, 22:11 UTC — Success
  24. Oval — 29 March 1977, 23:00 UTC — Success
  25. Meteor-1 27 (39L) — 5 April 1977, 02:05 UTC — Success
  26. DS-P1-I 19 — 5 April 1977, 10:30 UTC — Success
  27. Zenit-4MK 76 — 7 April 1977, 08:59 UTC — Success
  28. US-K 6 — 11 April 1977, 01:38 UTC — Success
  29. Zenit-2M 76 — 20 April 1977, 09:00 UTC — Success
  30. Geos 1 — 20 April 1977, 10:15 UTC — Failure
  31. Yantar-2K 6 — 26 April 1977, 14:45 UTC — Success
  32. ER763-4 — 27 April 1977, 03:30 UTC — Success
  33. Molniya-3 19L — 28 April 1977, 09:10 UTC — Success
  34. Zenit-4MK 77 — 5 May 1977, 14:00 UTC — Success
  35. DSCS-2 7 & 8 — 12 May 1977, 14:26 UTC — Success
  36. Zenit-4MK 78 — 17 May 1977, 10:10 UTC — Success
  37. DS-P1-M 11 — 19 May 1977, 16:30 UTC — Success
  38. IS-A 5 — 23 May 1977, 12:14 UTC — Success
  39. Canyon 7 — 23 May 1977, 18:13 UTC — Success
  40. Sfera 16 — 25 May 1977, 11:00 UTC — Success
  41. Zenit-4MKT 4 — 26 May 1977, 07:00 UTC — Success
  42. Intelsat-4A 4 — 26 May 1977, 21:47 UTC — Success
  43. Taifun-2 3 — 30 May 1977, 22:30 UTC — Success
  44. Zenit-2M 77 — 31 May 1977, 07:30 UTC — Success
  45. DMSP-5D1 F2 — 5 June 1977, 02:59 UTC — Success
  46. Zenit-4MK 79 — 8 June 1977, 14:00 UTC — Success
  47. Zenit-4MT 12 — 10 June 1977, 08:00 UTC — Success
  48. US-K 7 — 16 June 1977, 01:58 UTC — Success
  49. GOES 2 — 16 June 1977, 10:51 UTC — Success
  50. Signe 3 — 17 June 1977, 03:30 UTC — Success
  51. IS-A 6 — 17 June 1977, 07:23 UTC — Success
  52. DS-P1-I 20 — 18 June 1977, 10:30 UTC — Success
  53. Zenit-4MK 80 — 22 June 1977, 08:00 UTC — Success
  54. NTS 2 — 23 June 1977, 08:17 UTC — Success
  55. Molniya-1K 37 — 24 June 1977, 05:41 UTC — Success
  56. EPN 03.0380 1 — 24 June 1977, 10:30 UTC — Success
  57. KH-9 13 — 27 June 1977, 18:30 UTC — Success
  58. Meteor-Priroda 2-2 — 29 June 1977, 18:34 UTC — Success
  59. Zenit-2M 78 — 30 June 1977, 14:00 UTC — Success
  60. Strela-2M 15 — 1 July 1977, 11:52 UTC — Success
  61. Tselina-O 35 — 4 July 1977, 22:20 UTC — Success
  62. Tselina-D 12 — 7 July 1977, 07:25 UTC — Success
  63. Tsikada 2 — 8 July 1977, 17:30 UTC — Success
  64. Zenit-4MKM 1 — 12 July 1977, 09:00 UTC — Success
  65. Parus 9 — 13 July 1977, 05:02 UTC — Success
  66. Himawari — 14 July 1977, 10:39 UTC — Success
  67. TKS 1 — 17 July 1977, 09:00 UTC — Success
  68. Taifun-1 7 — 19 July 1977, 08:40 UTC — Success
  69. US-K 8 — 20 July 1977, 04:44 UTC — Success
  70. Zenit-4MKM 2 — 20 July 1977, 07:35 UTC — Success
  71. Taifun-1 8 — 22 July 1977, 10:00 UTC — Success
  72. Raduga 3 — 23 July 1977, 21:15 UTC — Success
  73. Zenit-6U 3 — 27 July 1977, 18:07 UTC — Success
  74. Zenit-2M 79 — 29 July 1977, 08:00 UTC — Success
  75. Bion 4 — 3 August 1977, 14:01 UTC — Success
  76. TKS-VA 3 & 4 — 4 August 1977, 22:00 UTC — Failure
  77. Zenit-4MKM 3 — 10 August 1977, 10:40 UTC — Failure
  78. HEAO 1 — 12 August 1977, 06:29 UTC — Success
  79. US-P 5 — 24 August 1977, 07:07 UTC — Success
  80. Zenit-4MKM 4 — 24 August 1977, 14:29 UTC — Success
  81. Strela-1M 129-136 — 24 August 1977, 18:20 UTC — Success
  82. Sirio 1 — 25 August 1977, 23:49 UTC — Success
  83. Zenit-2M 80 — 27 August 1977, 10:09 UTC — Success
  84. Molniya-1K 38 — 30 August 1977, 18:06 UTC — Success
  85. Zenit-4MKT 5 — 2 September 1977, 09:00 UTC — Success
  86. Yantar-2K 7 — 6 September 1977, 17:30 UTC — Success
  87. Zenit-2M 81 — 13 September 1977, 15:10 UTC — Success
  88. Parus 10 — 13 September 1977, 19:59 UTC — Success
  89. OTS 1 — 13 September 1977, 23:31 UTC — Failure
  90. US-A 14 — 16 September 1977, 14:25 UTC — Success
  91. Zenit-4MKM 5 — 16 September 1977, 14:30 UTC — Success
  92. US-A 15 — 18 September 1977, 13:48 UTC — Success
  93. Tselina-D 13 — 20 September 1977, 01:00 UTC — Success
  94. Ekran — 20 September 1977, 17:28 UTC — Success
  95. Prognoz-6 — 22 September 1977, 00:51 UTC — Success
  96. KH-8 49 — 23 September 1977, 18:34 UTC — Success
  97. EPN 03.0380 2 — 24 September 1977, 10:15 UTC — Success
  98. AUOS-Z-R-E-IK 1 — 24 September 1977, 16:30 UTC — Success
  99. Salyut-6 — 29 September 1977, 06:50 UTC — Success
  100. Intelsat-4A 5 — 30 September 1977, 01:02 UTC — Failure
  101. Zenit-4MKM 6 — 30 September 1977, 09:46 UTC — Success
  102. Soyuz 25 — 9 October 1977, 02:40 UTC — Success
  103. Zenit-6U 4 — 11 October 1977, 15:14 UTC — Success
  104. DS-P1-M 12 — 21 October 1977, 10:05 UTC — Success
  105. ISEE 1 & 2 — 22 October 1977, 13:53 UTC — Success
  106. Tselina-O 36 — 25 October 1977, 05:25 UTC — Success
  107. IS-A 7 — 26 October 1977, 05:14 UTC — Success
  108. Molniya-3 18L — 28 October 1977, 01:37 UTC — Success
  109. Transat O-11 — 28 October 1977, 04:52 UTC — Success
  110. Zaliv 24 — 28 October 1977, 16:00 UTC — Success
  111. Meteosat 1 — 23 November 1977, 01:35 UTC — Success
  112. Sfera 17 — 24 November 1977, 14:30 UTC — Success
  113. Tsikada 3 — 29 November 1977, 07:05 UTC — Failure
  114. Zenit-4MKM 7 — 4 December 1977, 12:00 UTC — Success
  115. Taifun-2 4 — 8 December 1977, 11:00 UTC — Success
  116. Parcae 2A,B,C & MSD 2 — 8 December 1977, 17:45 UTC — Success
  117. Soyuz 26 — 10 December 1977, 01:18 UTC — Success
  118. Aquacade 3 — 11 December 1977, 22:45 UTC — Success
  119. Zenit-2M 82 — 12 December 1977, 09:40 UTC — Success
  120. DS-P1-M 13 — 13 December 1977, 15:53 UTC — Success
  121. Meteor-2 3 — 14 December 1977, 09:30 UTC — Success
  122. Sakura — 15 December 1977, 00:47 UTC — Success
  123. Strela-2M 16 — 16 December 1977, 04:25 UTC — Success
  124. Zenit-4MKM 8 — 20 December 1977, 15:50 UTC — Success
  125. IS-A 8 — 21 December 1977, 10:35 UTC — Success
  126. Parus 11 — 23 December 1977, 16:24 UTC — Success
  127. EPN 03.0380 3 — 27 December 1977, 08:00 UTC — Success
  128. Zenit-2M 83 — 27 December 1977, 09:20 UTC — Success

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

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