1978 orbital launches

In 1978, ExGalactic records 128 orbital launch attempts.

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

By country

LaunchesCountry
63Russia
33USA
28Kazakhstan
3Japan
1China

Launches

  1. Zenit-4MKM 9 — 6 January 1978, 15:50 UTC — Success
  2. Intelsat-4A 3 — 7 January 1978, 00:15 UTC — Success
  3. Soyuz 27 — 10 January 1978, 12:26 UTC — Success
  4. Tselina-D 14 — 10 January 1978, 13:23 UTC — Success
  5. Strela-1M 137-144 — 10 January 1978, 20:51 UTC — Success
  6. Zenit-2M 84 — 13 January 1978, 15:15 UTC — Success
  7. Parus 12 — 17 January 1978, 03:26 UTC — Success
  8. Progress 1 — 20 January 1978, 08:24 UTC — Success
  9. Molniya-3 20L — 24 January 1978, 06:51 UTC — Success
  10. Zenit-4MKM 10 — 24 January 1978, 09:50 UTC — Success
  11. FSW-0 3 — 26 January 1978, 05:00 UTC — Success
  12. IUE — 26 January 1978, 17:36 UTC — Success
  13. Zenit-4MKM 11 — 31 January 1978, 14:50 UTC — Success
  14. Kyokko — 4 February 1978, 07:00 UTC — Success
  15. Zenit-4MT 13 — 8 February 1978, 12:15 UTC — Success
  16. FLTSATCOM 1 — 9 February 1978, 21:17 UTC — Success
  17. Zenit-4MKM 12 — 14 February 1978, 09:30 UTC — Success
  18. Ume 2 — 16 February 1978, 04:00 UTC — Success
  19. Strela-2M 17 — 17 February 1978, 16:33 UTC — Success
  20. Navstar 1 — 22 February 1978, 23:44 UTC — Success
  21. Jumpseat 5 — 25 February 1978, 05:00 UTC — Success
  22. Parus 13 — 28 February 1978, 06:43 UTC — Success
  23. Soyuz 28 — 2 March 1978, 15:28 UTC — Success
  24. Molniya-1K 39 — 2 March 1978, 22:07 UTC — Success
  25. Zenit-2M 85 — 4 March 1978, 07:40 UTC — Success
  26. Landsat 3 — 5 March 1978, 17:54 UTC — Success
  27. Zenit-4MKM 13 — 10 March 1978, 10:42 UTC — Success
  28. Zaliv 25 — 15 March 1978, 15:57 UTC — Success
  29. KH-9 14 — 16 March 1978, 18:40 UTC — Success
  30. Zenit-2M 86 — 17 March 1978, 10:50 UTC — Success
  31. DSCS-2 9 & 10 — 25 March 1978, 18:09 UTC — Failure
  32. Parus 14 — 28 March 1978, 01:30 UTC — Success
  33. TKS-VA 5 & 6 — 30 March 1978, 00:00 UTC — Success
  34. Zenit-4MKM 14 — 30 March 1978, 07:50 UTC — Success
  35. Tsikada 4 — 31 March 1978, 14:01 UTC — Success
  36. Intelsat-4A 6 — 31 March 1978, 23:36 UTC — Success
  37. Kosmos 1001 — 4 April 1978, 15:00 UTC — Success
  38. Zenit-2M 87 — 6 April 1978, 09:10 UTC — Success
  39. Aquacade 4 — 7 April 1978, 00:45 UTC — Success
  40. Yuri 1 — 7 April 1978, 22:01 UTC — Success
  41. Zenit-4MKM 15 — 20 April 1978, 15:30 UTC — Success
  42. HCMM — 26 April 1978, 10:20 UTC — Success
  43. DMSP-5D1 F3 — 1 May 1978, 03:05 UTC — Success
  44. Zenit-2M 88 — 5 May 1978, 15:30 UTC — Success
  45. OTS 2 — 11 May 1978, 22:59 UTC — Success
  46. Tselina-D 15 — 12 May 1978, 04:07 UTC — Success
  47. Taifun-1 9 — 12 May 1978, 11:00 UTC — Success
  48. Navstar 2 — 13 May 1978, 10:34 UTC — Success
  49. Zenit-4MKM 16 — 16 May 1978, 10:40 UTC — Success
  50. Tselina-O 37 — 17 May 1978, 14:39 UTC — Success
  51. IS-A 9 — 19 May 1978, 00:21 UTC — Success
  52. Pioneer Venus Orbiter — 20 May 1978, 13:13 UTC — Success
  53. Zenit-4MKT 6 — 23 May 1978, 07:30 UTC — Success
  54. Parus 15 — 23 May 1978, 16:57 UTC — Success
  55. Zenit-2M 89 — 25 May 1978, 14:30 UTC — Success
  56. Ekran — 27 May 1978, 01:25 UTC — Failure
  57. Molniya-1K 40 — 2 June 1978, 12:12 UTC — Success
  58. Strela-1M 145-152 — 7 June 1978, 22:00 UTC — Success
  59. Zenit-4MKM 17 — 10 June 1978, 08:35 UTC — Success
  60. Chalet 8 — 10 June 1978, 19:08 UTC — Success
  61. Zenit-4MKM 18 — 12 June 1978, 10:30 UTC — Success
  62. KH-11 2 — 14 June 1978, 18:23 UTC — Success
  63. Soyuz 29 — 15 June 1978, 20:16 UTC — Success
  64. GOES 3 — 16 June 1978, 10:49 UTC — Success
  65. Strela-2M 18 — 21 June 1978, 09:27 UTC — Success
  66. Seasat 1 — 27 June 1978, 01:12 UTC — Success
  67. Soyuz 30 — 27 June 1978, 15:27 UTC — Success
  68. US-K 9 — 28 June 1978, 02:58 UTC — Success
  69. EPN 03.0380 4 — 28 June 1978, 17:35 UTC — Success
  70. Comstar 1C — 29 June 1978, 22:24 UTC — Success
  71. Energiya 2 — 2 July 1978, 09:30 UTC — Success
  72. Progress 2 — 7 July 1978, 11:26 UTC — Success
  73. Geos 2 — 14 July 1978, 10:43 UTC — Success
  74. Molniya-1K 41 — 14 July 1978, 15:00 UTC — Success
  75. Raduga 4 — 18 July 1978, 21:59 UTC — Success
  76. Zaliv 26 — 27 July 1978, 04:49 UTC — Success
  77. Quasar 3 — 5 August 1978, 05:00 UTC — Success
  78. Yantar-2K 8 — 5 August 1978, 15:00 UTC — Success
  79. Progress 3 — 7 August 1978, 22:31 UTC — Success
  80. Pioneer Venus Multiprobe — 8 August 1978, 07:33 UTC — Success
  81. ISEE 3 — 12 August 1978, 15:12 UTC — Success
  82. Ekran — 17 August 1978, 20:02 UTC — Failure
  83. Molniya-1K 42 — 22 August 1978, 23:47 UTC — Success
  84. Soyuz 31 — 26 August 1978, 14:51 UTC — Success
  85. Zenit-4MKM 19 — 29 August 1978, 15:00 UTC — Success
  86. US-K 10 — 6 September 1978, 03:04 UTC — Success
  87. Venera-11 — 9 September 1978, 03:25 UTC — Success
  88. Zenit-4MKM 20 — 9 September 1978, 15:00 UTC — Success
  89. Venera-12 — 14 September 1978, 02:25 UTC — Success
  90. Jikiken — 16 September 1978, 05:00 UTC — Success
  91. Zenit-2M 90 — 19 September 1978, 08:05 UTC — Success
  92. Zenit-4MKT 7 — 3 October 1978, 11:00 UTC — Success
  93. Progress 4 — 3 October 1978, 23:09 UTC — Success
  94. Strela-1M 153-160 — 4 October 1978, 03:49 UTC — Success
  95. Zenit-4MKM 21 — 6 October 1978, 15:30 UTC — Success
  96. Navstar 3 — 7 October 1978, 00:28 UTC — Success
  97. Tselina-D 16 — 10 October 1978, 19:44 UTC — Success
  98. Molniya-3 22L — 13 October 1978, 05:19 UTC — Success
  99. Tiros-N — 13 October 1978, 11:23 UTC — Success
  100. Zenit-2M 91 — 17 October 1978, 15:00 UTC — Success
  101. Ekran — 17 October 1978, 16:04 UTC — Failure
  102. Nimbus 7 — 24 October 1978, 08:14 UTC — Success
  103. AUOS-Z-M-IK 1 — 24 October 1978, 19:00 UTC — Success
  104. Meteor-2-GVM — 26 October 1978, 07:00 UTC — Success
  105. Prognoz-7 — 30 October 1978, 05:23 UTC — Success
  106. Zenit-4MT 14 — 1 November 1978, 12:00 UTC — Success
  107. Einstein Observatory — 13 November 1978, 05:24 UTC — Success
  108. Zenit-4MKM 22 — 15 November 1978, 11:45 UTC — Success
  109. Strela-2M 19 — 16 November 1978, 21:45 UTC — Success
  110. NATO 3C — 19 November 1978, 00:46 UTC — Success
  111. Zenit-4MKM 23 — 21 November 1978, 12:00 UTC — Success
  112. Zenit-6U 5 — 28 November 1978, 16:20 UTC — Success
  113. Strela-1M 161-168 — 5 December 1978, 18:12 UTC — Success
  114. Zenit-4MKM 24 — 7 December 1978, 15:30 UTC — Success
  115. Zenit-2M 92 — 8 December 1978, 09:30 UTC — Success
  116. Navstar 4 — 11 December 1978, 03:59 UTC — Success
  117. DSCS-2 11 & 12 — 14 December 1978, 00:40 UTC — Success
  118. Zenit-2M 93 — 14 December 1978, 15:20 UTC — Success
  119. Tselina-O 38 — 15 December 1978, 13:19 UTC — Success
  120. Anik B — 16 December 1978, 00:21 UTC — Success
  121. Tselina-D 17 — 19 December 1978, 01:35 UTC — Success
  122. Gorizont 1 — 19 December 1978, 12:15 UTC — Success
  123. Parus 16 — 20 December 1978, 20:43 UTC — Failure
  124. Taifun-2 5 — 22 December 1978, 22:00 UTC — Success
  125. Astrofizika — 23 December 1978, 08:39 UTC — Success
  126. Sfera 18 — 26 December 1978, 13:30 UTC — Success
  127. Zenit-4MKM 25 — 26 December 1978, 15:30 UTC — Success
  128. Zenit-4MT 15 — 28 December 1978, 16:30 UTC — Success

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

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