List of space launches of the USSR in 1976
| date | Launch vehicle | Payload (Type) | Cosmodrome / Launch Complex | SCD / NSSDC ID | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Cosmos-3M |  Cosmos-787 ( Tselina-O ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 08530 / 1976-001A | Success |
| January 7th | Sunrise | Cosmos-788 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 08551 / 1976-002A | Success |
| January 20th | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-789 ( Sail ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 08591 / 1976-005A | Success |
| January 22 | Lightning-M | Lightning-1-32 ( Lightning-1 + ) | Baikonur Sq. one [ specify ] | 08601 / 1976-006A | Success |
| January 22 | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-790 ( Tselina-O ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 08604 / 1976-007A | Success |
| 28 January | Cosmos-3M | Arrow-1M - Cosmos-798 ( Arrow-1M ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 08607 / 1976-008A - 08614 / 1976-008H | Success |
| January 29 | Sunrise | Cosmos-799 ( Zenit-2M ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 08616 / 1976-009A | Success |
| February 3rd | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-800 ( Cicada ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 08645 / 1976-011A | Success |
| February 5th | Cosmos-2 | Cosmos-801 ( DS-P1-I No. 16) | Plesetsk 133/1 | 08658 / 1976-012A | Success |
| 11 February | Sunrise | Cosmos-802 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 08681 / 1976-013A | Success |
| 12th of February | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-803 ( IS-M ) | Plesetsk 132/2 | 08688 / 1976-014A | Success |
| February 16th | Cyclone 2 | Cosmos-804 ( IS-A ) | Baikonur 90 | 08694 / 1976-015A | Success |
| February 20th | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-805 ( Amber-2K ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 08699 / 1976-018A | Success |
| 10th of March | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-806 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 08737 / 1976-020A | Success |
| 11th of March | Lightning-M | Lightning-1-33 ( Lightning-1 + ) | Plesetsk 41/1 | 08741 / 1976-021A | Success |
| March 12th | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-807 ( Vector ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 08744 / 1976-022A | Success |
| March 16th | Vostok-2M | Cosmos-808 ( Tselina-D ) | Plesetsk 41/1 | 08754 / 1976-024A | Success |
| March 18 | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-809 ( Zenit-2M ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 08758 / 1976-025A | Success |
| March 19th | Lightning-M | Lightning-1-34 ( Lightning-1 + ) | Baikonur Sq. one [ specify ] | 08762 / 1976-026A | Success |
| 26 March | Sunrise | Cosmos-810 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 08772 / 1976-028A | Success |
| March 31 | Soyuz-M | Cosmos-811 ( Orion ) | Plesetsk 41/1 | 08781 / 1976-030A | Success |
| April 6th | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-812 ( Tselina-O ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 08794 / 1976-031A | Success |
| April 7th | Vostok-2M | Meteor-1-24 ( Meteor-MV ) | Plesetsk 41/1 | 08799 / 1976-032A | Success |
| April 9th | Sunrise | Cosmos-813 ( Zenit-2M ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 08801 / 1976-033A | Success |
| April 13th | Cyclone 2 | Cosmos-814 ( IS-A ) | Baikonur 90 | 08806 / 1976-034A | Success |
| April 28th | Sunrise | Cosmos-815 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 08811 / 1976-036A | Success |
| April 28th | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-816 ( Rhombus ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 08812 / 1976-037A | Success |
| 5 May | Sunrise | Cosmos-817 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 08823 / 1976-040A | Success |
| 12 May | Lightning-M | Lightning-3-05 ( Lightning-3 ) | Plesetsk 41/1 | 08833 / 1976-041A | Success |
| May 15 | Vostok-2M | Meteor 1-25 ( Meteor Nature ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 08845 / 1976-043A | Success |
| May 18 | Cosmos-2 | Cosmos-818 ( DS-P1-U No. 78) | Plesetsk 133/1 | 08851 / 1976-044A | Success |
| May 20 | Sunrise | Cosmos-819 ( Zenit-2M ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 08853 / 1976-045A | Success |
| May 21st | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-820 ( fram ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 08856 / 1976-046A | Success |
| 26 of May | Sunrise | Cosmos-821 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 08862 / 1976-048A | Success |
| May 28 | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-822 ( Vector ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 08865 / 1976-049A | Success |
| 2 June | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-823 ( Bay ) | Plesetsk 132/2 | 08873 / 1976-051A | Success |
| June 8 | Sunrise | Cosmos-824 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 08877 / 1976-052A | Success |
| June 15th | Cosmos-3M | Arrow-1M - Cosmos-832 ( Arrow-1M ) | Plesetsk 132/2 | 08889 / 1976-054A - 08896 / 1976-054H | Success |
| June 16th | Sunrise | Cosmos-833 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 08898 / 1976-055A | Success |
| June 19 | Cosmos-3M | Intercosmos-15 ( AUOS-Z-T-IR ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 08903 / 1976-056A | Success |
| 22nd of June | Proton-k | Salute-5 ( Diamond OPS-31 ) | Baikonur 81/23 | 08911 / 1976-057A | Success |
| June 24 | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-834 ( Zenit-2M ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 08914 / 1976-058A | Success |
| June 29 | Sunrise | Cosmos-835 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 08922 / 1976-060A | Success |
| June 29 | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-836 ( Arrow-2 ) | Plesetsk 132/2 | 08923 / 1976-061A | Success |
| July 1 | Lightning-M | Cosmos-837 ( Lightning-2 ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 08927 / 1976-062A | Failure |
| July 2 | Cyclone 2 | Cosmos-838 ( US-P ) | Baikonur 90 | 08932 / 1976-063A | Success |
| July 6th | Union | Soyuz-21 | Baikonur Sq. one | 08934 / 1976-064A | Success |
| July 8 | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-839 ( IS-M ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 09011 / 1976-067A | Success |
| the 14 th of July | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-840 ( Zenit-2M ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09019 / 1976-068A | Success |
| July 15 | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-841 ( Arrow-2 ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 09022 / 1976-069A | Success |
| 21 July | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-842 ( Sphere ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 09025 / 1976-070A | Success |
| 21 July | Cyclone 2 | Cosmos-843 ( IS-A ) | Baikonur 90 | 09043 / 1976-071A | Success |
| July 22 | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-844 ( Amber-2K ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 09046 / 1976-072A | Success |
| July 23 | Lightning-M | Lightning-1-35 ( Lightning-1 + ) | Baikonur Sq. one [ specify ] | 09049 / 1976-074A | Success |
| July 27th | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-845 ( Tselina-O ) | Plesetsk 132/2 [ specify ] | 09053 / 1976-075A | Success |
| July 27th | Cosmos-3M | Intercosmos-16 ( DS-U3-IK No. 6) | Kapustin Yar 107/2 | 09055 / 1976-076A | Success |
| July 29 | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-846 ( Bay ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 09061 / 1976-078A | Success |
| August 4 | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-847 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09214 / 1976-079A | Success |
| August 9th | Proton-K / Block D-1 | Moon 24 | Baikonur 81/23 | 09272 / 1976-081A | Success |
| 12th of August | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-848 ( Zenit-2M ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 09280 / 1976-082A | Success |
| August 18 | Cosmos-2 | Cosmos-849 ( DS-P1-I No. 17) | Plesetsk 133/1 | 09382 / 1976-083A | Success |
| August, 26th | Cosmos-2 | Cosmos-850 ( DS-P1-U No. 79) | Plesetsk 133/1 | 09387 / 1976-084A | Success |
| August 27 | Vostok-2M | Cosmos-851 ( Tselina-D ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09389 / 1976-085A | Success |
| August 28 | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-852 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 | 09391 / 1976-086A | Success |
| September 1 | Lightning-M | Space-853 ( Lightning-2 ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 09398 / 1976-088A | Failure |
| September 3rd | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-854 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09405 / 1976-090A | Success |
| 11 September | Proton-K / DM | Rainbow 02 ( Edge ) | Baikonur 81/23 [ specify ] | 09416 / 1976-092A | Success |
| September 15th | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-22 | Baikonur Sq. one | 09421 / 1976-093A | Success |
| September 21st | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-855 ( Orion ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 09433 / 1976-095A | Success |
| September 22nd | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-856 ( Zenit-2M ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 09435 / 1976-096A | Success |
| September 24th | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-857 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 09439 / 1976-097A | Success |
| September 29th | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-858 ( Arrow-2 ) | Plesetsk 132/2 | 09443 / 1976-098A | Success |
| The 4th of October | Soyuz-U | Fram | Plesetsk 43/4 | Failure | |
| October 10th | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-859 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 | 09471 / 1976-099A | Success |
| October 14 | Soyuz-U | Soyuz-23 | Baikonur Sq. one | 09477 / 1976-100A | Success |
| October 16th | Vostok-2M | Meteor-1-26 ( Meteor-MV ) | Plesetsk 43/3 | 09481 / 1976-102A | Success |
| 17 October | Cyclone 2 | Cosmos-860 ( US-A ) | Baikonur 90 | 09486 / 1976-103A | Success |
| October 21 | Cyclone 2 | Cosmos-861 ( US-A ) | Baikonur 90 | 09494 / 1976-104A | Success |
| 22 of October | Lightning-M | Cosmos-862 ( Eye ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09495 / 1976-105A | Success |
| the 25th of October | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-863 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09499 / 1976-106A | Success |
| October 26th | Proton-K / DM | Screen-01 ( Screen ) | Baikonur 81/24 | 09503 / 1976-107A | Success |
| 29th of October | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-864 ( Sail ) | Plesetsk 132/2 | 09509 / 1976-108A | Success |
| Nov. 1 | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-865 ( Zenit-2M ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09515 / 1976-109A | Success |
| 11th of November | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-866 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 09532 / 1976-110A | Success |
| November 23rd | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-867 ( Zenit-6 ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09552 / 1976-111A | Success |
| November 25 | Lightning-M | Forecast-5 ( СО-М ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 | 09557 / 1976-112A | Success |
| November 26th | Cyclone 2 | Cosmos-868 ( IS-A ) | Baikonur 90 | 09561 / 1976-113A | Success |
| 29th of November | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-869 ( Union 7K-S ) | Baikonur Sq. one | 09564 / 1976-114A | Success |
| December 2nd | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-870 ( Tselina-O ) | Plesetsk 132/2 | 09573 / 1976-115A | Success |
| December 2nd | Lightning-M | Lightning-2-16 ( Lightning-2 ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09574 / 1976-116A | Success |
| December 7th | Cosmos-3M | Arrow-1M - Cosmos-878 ( Arrow-1M ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 09588 / 1976-118A - 09595 / 1976-118H | Success |
| 9th December | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-879 ( Zenit-2M ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09599 / 1976-119A | Success |
| 9th December | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-880 ( IS-M ) | Plesetsk 132/2 | 09601 / 1976-120A | Success |
| December 15th | Proton-k | Cosmos-881 ( TKS VA LVI-1 No. 009L ) | Baikonur 81/24 | 09606 / 1976-121A | Success |
| Cosmos-882 ( TKS VA LVI-1 No. 009P ) | 09607 / 1976-121B | ||||
| December 15th | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-883 ( Cicada ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 09610 / 1976-122A | Success |
| December 17th | Soyuz-U | Cosmos-884 ( Zenit-4MK ) | Baikonur Sq. 31 [ specify ] | 09614 / 1976-123A | Success |
| December 17th | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-885 ( Rhombus ) | Plesetsk 132/2 | 09615 / 1976-124A | Success |
| 27th of December | Cyclone 2 | Cosmos-886 ( IS-A ) | Baikonur 90 | 09634 / 1976-126A | Success |
| December 28th | Lightning-M | Lightning-3-06 ( Lightning-3 ) | Plesetsk 43/4 | 09635 / 1976-127A | Success |
| December 28th | Cosmos-3M | Cosmos-887 ( Sail ) | Plesetsk 132/1 | 09637 / 1976-128A | Success |
Statistics
Number of launches: 100 Successful launches: 97
| Launch vehicle | Number of starts | Failures | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 12 | 0 | |
| Cosmos-2 | four | 0 | |
| Cosmos-3M | 28 | 0 | |
| Lightning-M | eleven | 2 | |
| Vostok-2M | five | 0 | |
| Union | one | 0 | |
| Soyuz-M | one | 0 | |
| Soyuz-U | 25 | one | |
| Cyclone 2 | eight | 0 | |
| Proton-k | five | 0 |
| Cosmodrome | Number of starts | Failures | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plesetsk | 65 | 3 | |
| Baikonur | 34 | 0 | |
| Kapustin Yar | one | 0 |
Other events
| date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 16th | The unmanned spacecraft Soyuz-20 and the Salyut-4 orbital space station were undocked. |
| February 16th | In Kazakhstan, the descent vehicle of the Soviet unmanned spacecraft Soyuz-20 landed. |
| July 2 | In Paris, a protocol was signed on Soviet-French cooperation in the field of the peaceful exploration and use of outer space. |
| July 7th | 13:40. The docking of the Soyuz-21 spacecraft and the Salyut-5 orbital station was completed. Cosmonauts Boris Valentinovich Volynov and Vitaly Mikhailovich Zholobov went on board the station and began to carry out the flight program, which included reconnaissance operations. |
| July 13 | In Moscow, an agreement was signed between the governments of Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Cuba, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, the USSR and Czechoslovakia on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. The agreement, in particular, provides for the implementation of flights of astronauts from socialist countries aboard Soviet spacecraft. |
| 11th August | The correction of the flight path of the Soviet automatic interplanetary station "Luna-24." |
| August 13th | The Soviet automatic interplanetary station "Luna-24" is launched into orbit around the Moon with the following parameters: orbital inclination - 120 degrees; circulation period - 119 minutes; height above the lunar surface - 115 kilometers. |
| August 18 | 06:36 a.m. The Soviet automatic interplanetary station "Luna-24" made a soft landing on the moon in the southeastern region of the Sea of Crisis at a point with coordinates 12 ° 45'N. and 62 ° 12'E Fifteen minutes after landing, an earth pick-up device was turned on at the command of the Earth. In the process of soil sampling to a depth of 120 centimeters, the rotary drilling mode was used, and then the drilling methods changed from rotational to rotational drilling. The total drilling depth was 225 centimeters. Due to the fact that it was carried out with an inclination, the total depth was about 2 meters. |
| August 19 | 05:25. The take-off stage of the Soviet automatic interplanetary station Luna-24 with samples of lunar soil started from the lunar surface. |
| August 22 | 17:55. 200 kilometers southeast of Surgut (Tyumen region), the lander of the Soviet automatic interplanetary station Luna-24 landed. A column of lunar soil about 160 centimeters long and 170 grams in weight has been delivered to Earth. |
| 24 August | 3:21 p.m. The undocking of the Soyuz-21 spacecraft and the Salyut-5 orbital station was completed. |
| 24 August | . 18:33. 200 kilometers south-west of the city of Kokchetav landed the lander of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz-21. Cosmonauts Boris Valentinovich Volynov and Vitaly Mikhailovich Zholobov returned to Earth. The flight was terminated ahead of schedule due to problems with the on-board systems that arose on board the Salyut-5 orbital station. The duration of the astronauts in space was 49 days 6 hours 23 minutes 32 seconds. |
| August 30th | The braking propulsion system on the Cosmos-844 photo-reconnaissance satellite failed. Due to the impossibility of returning the device to Earth, it was blown up. |
| September 1 | The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted a decree on awarding the Hero of the Soviet Union of the USSR pilot-cosmonaut Boris Valentinovich Volynov with the Order of Lenin and the second Golden Star medal. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted decrees on awarding the titles of Hero of the Soviet Union and “Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR” to Vitaly Mikhailovich Zholobov. |
| 16 of September | In Leningrad, a document was signed on continuing cooperation between the USSR and France in the field of the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. |
| September 20 | An agreement was signed in Berlin (GDR) on the legal capacity, privileges and immunities of the Intersputnik international space communications organization. |
| 23 September | 07:42. 150 kilometers northwest of the city of Tselinograd landed the Soviet Soyuz-22 spacecraft. Cosmonauts Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky and Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov returned to Earth. The duration of the astronauts in space was 7 days 21 hours 52 minutes 17 seconds. |
| September 28th | The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted a decree on awarding the Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot-cosmonaut Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky, the Order of Lenin and the second Golden Star medal. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted decrees on conferring the titles of Hero of the Soviet Union and “Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR” on pilot-cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov. |
| September 29th | Greetings from the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the Council of Ministers of the USSR to all the collectives and organizations of the USSR and the German Democratic Republic participating in the preparation and implementation of the orbital flight of the Soyuz-22 spacecraft, to the Soviet cosmonauts Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky and Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov in connection with the successful completion were published the work program of the Soyuz-22 ship. |
| October 14 | From the Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome, the Vertical-4 geophysical rocket was launched. The scientific equipment installed in the head of the rocket was manufactured in Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic, the USSR and Czechoslovakia and is designed to study the atmosphere and ionosphere of the Earth, as well as the interaction of the short-wave radiation of the Sun with the atmosphere of the Earth. The rocket reached an altitude of 1,512 kilometers. |
| October 15th | An attempt was made to dock the Soyuz-23 spacecraft and the Salyut-5 orbital station. Due to the off-design mode of the proximity control system, the docking of the ship with the station was canceled. It was decided to interrupt the flight and return the astronauts to Earth. |
| October 16th | 17:46. At 195 kilometers southwest of the city of Tselinograd, the lander of the Soviet Soyuz-23 spacecraft landed on the surface of Lake Tengiz. Cosmonauts Vyacheslav Dmitrievich Zudov and Valery Ilyich Rozhdestvensky returned to Earth. The duration of the astronauts in space was 2 days 6 minutes 35 seconds. |
| November 5 | The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted decrees on conferring the title Hero of the Soviet Union and “Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR” to pilot-cosmonauts Vyacheslav Dmitrievich Zudov and Valery Ilyich Rozhdestvensky. |
| December 8th | At the Cosmonaut Training Center named after Yu.A. Gagarin, cosmonauts from the socialist countries began training: Vladimir Remek and Oldrich Pelczak (Czechoslovakia), Mirosław Hermaszewski and Zenon Jankowski (Poland), Sigmund Jaehn and Eberhard Koelner (GDR). |
| December 14th | The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ratified the agreement on legal capacity, privileges and immunities of the Intersputnik international space communications organization, signed on behalf of the USSR government in Berlin on September 20, 1976. |
| December 15th | 03:00 a.m. The SA of both spacecraft Cosmos-881 and Cosmos-882 of the TKS type, having completed one revolution around the Earth, landed on the territory of the USSR at a point with coordinates 44 degrees north latitude and 73 degrees east longitude. |
See also
- List of space launches in 1976
- Timeline of manned spaceflight
Links
- Encyclopedia "Cosmonautics" A.Zheleznyakov. Space exploration chronicle
- Space launches and events in the USSR and Russia
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