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Spacecraft 1 st Launch Vehicle Mission
AyameECSs 6 Feb 1979 N- 1 Japanese communications.
(Experimental
Communications
Satellite)
AZUR 8 Nov 1969 scout W. German particle measurements.
Bhaskara 7 Jun 1979 C-1 (Sov) Indian Earth resources satellite.
Brasilsat 8 Feb 1985 Ariane Brazilian telecommunications.
China- 1 24 Apr 1970 Long March- 1 Chinese space environment tests.
CORSA (Cosmic 21 Feb 1979 M-3C-4 Japanese cosmic radiation
Radiation Satellite) experiment.
COS-B 9 Aug 1975 Delta ESA gamma ray observations.
COSMOS- 1076 12 Feb 1979 Soviet oceanographic satellite.
(Most Soviet spacecraft are given
the generic label COSMOS until
typed).
Cosmos 1629/1700 21 Feb 1985 Soviet TDRS-type relay satellite.
Cosmos-Meteor 25 Jun 1966 A-2 Soviet weather satellite.
Cosmos-Tsikada 23 Nov 1967 C- 1 Soviet Transit-type navigational
satellite.
CTS (Communications 17 Jan 1976 Delta 2914 USA/Canada/ESA communications
Technology Satellite)/ satellite.
Hermes
DENPNREXS 19 Aug 1972 M-4s-4 Japanese magnetic field experiment.
DIALNIKA 10 Mar 1970 Diamant B W. German particle measurements.
DiapasodDiademe 17 Feb 1966 Diamant French geodetic satellites.
ECS (European 16 June 1983 Ariane European continental
Communications communications satellite.
Satellite)
EGP (Experimental 8 Aug 1986 H- 1 Japanese geodetic research.
Geodetic Payload)
Ekran 26 Oct 1976 D-1 Soviet TV broadcast.
Elektron 30 Jan 1964 A- 1 Soviet radiation belt experiments.
EOLE FR-2 16 Aug 1971 scout French atmospheric data gathering.
(Vandenberg)
ERS (European 1989 Ariane European remote sensing satellite.
Remote Sensing)
satellite
ESRO (European 17 May 1968 ESA space physics experiments.
Space Research
Organization)