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{{Infobox Year in spaceflight
|year = 1970
|image = 
|caption = 
|first = 11 February
|last = 12 December
|total = 
|success = 124
|failed = 10
|partial = 
|catalogued = 114
|maidens =
|retired =
|orbital = 
|totalcrew = 
|firsttrav =
|firstlaunch = {{flagcountry|Japan}}<br/>{{flagcountry|PRC}}
|firstsat = {{flagcountry|Japan}}<br/>{{flagcountry|PRC}}
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| programme          = [[Timeline of spaceflight]]
| previous_mission   = [[1969 in spaceflight|1969]]
| next_mission       = [[1971 in spaceflight|1971]]
}}

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Japan and China each launched their first satellites in 1970, bringing the total number of nations with independent launch capability to five.

Apollo 13 was launched; after suffering an explosion in deep space it had to circumnavigate the moon and use the LM as a life boat.  Apollo 13 was a successful disaster in which the crew survived.  The Soviet space program continued its Luna program with [[Luna 17]], which delivered the robotic [[Lunokhod 1]] rover to the lunar surface, and [[Luna 16]], which achieved the first [[Uncrewed spacecraft|uncrewed]] lunar [[Sample return mission|sample return]].  The Soviets also continued the success of the Venera Venus probes with [[Venera 7]], the first man-made spacecraft to successfully land on another planet and to transmit data back to Earth, though it only survived 23 minutes on the surface.

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==Orbital Launches==
This is a list of [[spaceflight]]s launched in 1970.
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

{{TLS-M|1970}}
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|colspan = 8|

===January===
|-
{{TLS-RL
|date = 9 January |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|LSP = RVSN RF 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 318 (Zenit-2M №7, Gektor №7)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 14 January |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 6531]] KH-8 4325
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 15 January|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[LC-17A]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|UN}}[[Intelsat III F6]]
  |user = Intelsat 
  |orbit = Geosynchronous 
  |function = Communications 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 15 January|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|LSP = RVSN RF 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 319 (DS-P1-Yu №29)
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 16 January|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kapustin Yar LC-86/4
|LSP = RVSN RF 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 320 (DS-MO №2, Opticheski №2)
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 20 January|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 321 (DS-U2-MG №1)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Magnetospheric Astronomy 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 21 January|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]]
|LSP = RVSN RF 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 322 (Zenit-4 №68)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 23 January|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta N6]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-2W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[TIROS M]] ([[Improved TIROS Operational Satellite|ITOS 1]])
  |user = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|AUS}} Australis 
  |user = [[University of Melbourne]] 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Communications 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 30 January|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|LSP = RVSN RF 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}DS-P1-I №7
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}

|colspan = 8|

===February===
|-
{{TLS-RL
|date = 4 February |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-2E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Space Electric Rocket Test|SERT 2]]
  |user= NASA Lewis research center 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Technology Demonstration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 6 February |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Proton K]] / [[Blok D|D]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Pad 81/23, Baikonur
|LSP = MOM
|remarks = 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Ye-8-5 No.405
  |user = MOM
  |orbit = Selenocentric 
  |function = Lunar lander 
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 10 February|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 323 (Zenit-4 #69)
  |user = GRU
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 1
|date = 11 February
|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Lambda (rocket family)|Lambda-4S]]
|site = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Uchinoura Space Center|Kagoshima]]
|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan]]
|remarks = First satellite launched by Japan, final flight of L-4S
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ohsumi (satellite)|Ohsumi]]
 |user = [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science#History|Tokyo University]]
 |orbit = [[Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
 |function = Technology
 |d-date = 2 August 2003
 |outcome = Successful
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 11 February|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thor LV-2F Burner 2
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-10W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 0054]] DMSP-5A F1
  |orbit = SSO
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 19 February|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya-M]]/[[Blok ML|ML]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43|Site 43/4]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Molniya-1 13
  |orbit = Molniya 
  |function = Communications 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 27 February |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 324 (DS-P1-Yu #30)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}

|colspan = 8|

===March===
|-
{{TLS-RL
|date = 4 March |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43|Site 43/4]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 325 (Zenit-2 #79)
  |user = GRU
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 4 March|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2H Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-3W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 0440]] KH-4B 1109
  |User= CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} [[OPS 3402]] Tivoli 3
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = ELINT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 10 March|time=12:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Diamant (rocket)|Diamant B]] 
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}}[[Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] ELD
|LSP ={{flagicon|FRA}} [[CNES]]
|remarks=Maiden flight of Diamant B, the first orbital launch from Kourou and South America in general
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|GER}} [[DIAL-WIKA]]
  |user = [[DFVLR]]
  |orbit = Elliptical low Earth
  |function = Upper atmosphere research
  |d-date = 5 October 1978
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|GER}} [[DIAL-MIKA]]
  |user = DFVLR
  |orbit = Elliptical low Earth
  |function = Launch vehicle evaluation 
  |d-date = 9 September 1974
  |outcome = Spacecraft failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 13 March|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43|Site 43/4]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 326 (Zenit-2 #80)
  |user = GRU
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 17 March |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Vostok-2M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Meteor-1 3
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 18 March |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 327 (DS-P1-I #8)
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 20 March|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[LC-17B]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|NATO}} [[NATO 2A]]
  |user = [[NATO]] 
  |orbit = Geosynchronous 
  |function = Military Communication
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 27 March |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 328 (Zenit-2MK #2, Germes #2)
  |user = GRU
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}

|colspan = 8|

===April===
|-
{{TLS-RL
|date = 3 April |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43|Site 43/4]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 329 (Zenit-2M #8, Gektor #8)
  |user = GRU
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 April |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 330 (Tselina O #6)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = SIGNIT 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 8 April |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-2E]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Nimbus 4]] 
  |user= NOAA / NASA
  |orbit = Medium Earth 
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} Topo 1
  |user = US Army 
  |orbit = Medium Earth 
  |function = Geodesy 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 8 April |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 331 (Zenit-4 #70)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 8 April|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIC]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[LC-40]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}} [[OPS 7033]] Vela 11
  |user= USAF 
  |orbit =  
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} [[OPS 7044]] Vela 12
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 11 April |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 332 (Zaliv #5)
  |orbit = Medium Earth 
  |function = Navigation 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 2
|date = 11 April |time = 19:13
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Saturn V]] (C-5)
|site = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]] [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39A]]
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
|remarks = Explosion in Service Module crippled spacecraft, resulting in mission abort. Mission aborted due to CSM malfunction. LM used to help bring crew back to Earth.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Apollo 13]] [[Apollo Command/Service Module|CSM]] ''Odyssey''
 |user = [[NASA]]
 |orbit = Intended: [[Moon|Lunar]] orbit <br /> Actual: Lunar [[Free return trajectory|free return]]
 |function = Crewed lunar orbit.
 |d-date = 15 April 1970
 |outcome = '''Failure'''
 }}{{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Apollo 13]] [[Apollo Lunar Module|LM]] ''Aquarius''
 |user = NASA
 |orbit = Intended: [[Moon|Lunar]] landing <br /> Actual: Lunar [[Free return trajectory|free return]]
 |function = Crewed lunar landing
 |d-date = 15 April 1970
 |outcome = '''Failure'''
 }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 15 April |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 333 (Zenit-4M #4, Rotor #4)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 15 April |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 2863]] KH-8 4326
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 23 April|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[LC-17A]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|UN}}[[Intelsat III F7]]
  |user = Intelsat 
  |orbit = Geosynchronous 
  |function = Communication
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 23 April|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 334 (DS-P1-Yu #31)
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 1
|date = 24 April |time = 13:35
|rocket = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Long March 1]]
|flight = Y1
|site = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan]] [[Jiuquan Launch Area 2|LA-2A]]
|LSP = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation|CASC]]
|remarks = First satellite launched by China. 
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Dong Fang Hong I]]
 |user = [[China Academy of Space Technology|CAST]]
 |orbit = [[Medium Earth orbit|Medium Earth]]
 |function = [[Technology demonstration]]
 |outcome = Successful
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 24 April|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kapustin Yar 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 335 (DS-U1-R #1)
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 8
|date = 25 April |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 336 ([[Strela-1M]] #1)
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military Communication 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 337 ([[Strela-1M]] #2)
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military Communication 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 338 ([[Strela-1M]] #3)
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military Communication 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 339 ([[Strela-1M]] #4)
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military Communication 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 340 ([[Strela-1M]] #5)
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military Communication 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 341 ([[Strela-1M]] #6)
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military Communication 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 342 ([[Strela-1M]] #7)
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military Communication 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 336 ([[Strela-1M]] #8)
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military Communication 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 28 April|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Vostok-2M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Meteor-1 4
  |user = 
  |orbit = Medium Earth 
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|colspan = 12|

===May===
|-
{{TLS-RL
|date = 12 May |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 344 (Zenit-2 #81)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 20 May |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 345 (Zenit-4 #71)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL =2
|date = 20 May |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2H Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-3W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}} [[OPS 4720]] KH-4B 1110
  |user= CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}{{TLS-PL 
  |name= {{flagicon|USA}} [[OPS 8520]] Tripos 4 / Sousea 3
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 22 May |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} DS-P1-Yu #32
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
|colspan = 12|

===June===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 1
|date = 1 June |time = 19:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} [[Soyuz (rocket)|Soyuz]] (R-7/A-2)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Gagarin's Start|Site 1]]
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} [[RVSN]]
|remarks = Longest Crewed flight involving only one spacecraft. (As of 09/06/06)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} [[Soyuz 9]]
 |user = [[RVSN]]
 |orbit = Low Earth
 |function = Crewed Orbital Spaceflight
 |d-date = 19 June 1970 <br> 11:58
 |outcome = Successful
 }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 1
|date = 1 June |time = 19:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|UK}} Black Arrow
|site = {{flagicon|UK}} Woomera
|LSP = {{flagicon|UK}} RAE
|remarks = First [[United Kingdom|British]] attempt to launch a satellite. Failed to reach orbit after premature 2nd stage cutout.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Orba (satellite)|Orba]]
 |user = RAE
 |orbit = Low Earth
 |function = [[Micrometeoroid]] detection satellite
 |outcome = '''Failure'''
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 10 June |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 346 (Zenit-4 #72)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 1
|date = 12 June|time = 
|rocket = [[Europa (rocket)|Europa 1]]
|flight = F9
|site = {{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LC-6A
|LSP = ELDO 
|remarks = Fairing failed to separate 
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = [[Satellite Test Vehicle|STV 3]]
 |user = ELDO 
 |orbit = Low Earth 
 |function = Vehicle Evaluation 
 |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 12 June |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kapustin Yar 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 347 (DS-P1-Yu #33)
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 13 June|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 348 (DS-U2-GK #2)
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 17 June|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43|Site 43/4]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 349 (Zenit-4 #73)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 19 June|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas-SLV3A Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13|LC-13]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}} [[OPS 5346]] Aquacade (Rhyolite 1)
  |user = NRO / CIA 
  |orbit = Geosynchronous 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 23 June|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Vostok-2M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Meteor-1 5
  |user = 
  |orbit = Medium Earth 
  |function = Meteorology 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 25 April |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 6820]] KH-8 4327
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 26 June|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya-M]] / [[Blok-ML|ML]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43|Site 43/4]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Molniya-1 14 (Molniya-1 21L)
  |user = 
  |orbit = Molniya 
  |function = Communication 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 26 June|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 350 (Zenit-2M #9, Gektor #4)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 27 June|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 132|Site 132/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 351 (DS-P1-Yu #34)
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 27 June|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Strela-2M]] #1
  |user = 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Military Communication 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
|colspan = 12|

===July===
|-
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 July|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 352 (Zenit-4 #72)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 9 July|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 41|Site 41/1]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 353 (Zenit-2M #4, Gektor #10)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 21 July|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43|Site 43/4]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Zenit-4 #75
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 23 July|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2H Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-3W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 4324]] KH-4B 1111
  |User= CIA
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 23 July|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[LC-17A]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|UN}}[[Intelsat III|Intelsat III F8]]
  |user = Intelsat 
  |orbit = Geosynchronous 
  |function = Communication
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 28 July|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}R-36-0 
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 191|Site 191/66]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 354 (OGCh #22)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Weapon System Test
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|colspan = 12|

===August===
|-
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 August|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kapustin  Yar 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|UN}} [[Interkosmos 3]] (DS-U2-IK #1)
  |user = [[Interkosmos]] 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Science 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 7 August|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43|Site 43/4]], [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 355 (Zenit-4 #76)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 10 August|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 356 (DS-U2-MG #2)
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Research 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 17 August|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya-M]] / [[Blok MVL|MVL]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Venera 7]]
  |user = 
  |orbit = Heliocentric to Venus orbit 
  |function = Venus lander 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 18 August|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Titan IIIB]] Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-4W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 7874]] KH-8 4328
  |user = USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 19 August|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Delta M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[CCSFS|Cape Canaveral]] [[LC-17A]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|UK}}[[Skynet 1B]]
  |user = [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]
  |orbit = Geosynchronous 
  |function = Military Communication
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 19 August|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 2]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133/1]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 357 (DS-P1-Yu #35)
  |user = Yuzhnoye 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Radar calibration 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 20 August |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 358 (DS-P1-M #1)
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Weapon System Test 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 22 August|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Molniya-M]] / [[Blok MVL|MVL]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 359 ([[Venera 8a]])
  |user = 
  |orbit = Heliocentric to Venus orbit 
  |function = Venus lander 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Failure 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 26 August |time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D 
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] [[SLC-1W]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}}[[OPS 8329]] Strawman 3
  |user= USAF 
  |orbit = Low Earth 
  |function = Reconnaissance 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 27 August|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}[[Scout (rocket)|Scout A]]
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}[[VSFB|Vandenberg]] 
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Transit 19]]
  |user = US Navy 
  |orbit =  
  |function = Navigation 
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL
|date = 29 August|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]]
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos 360 (Zenit-4M #5, Rotor #5)
  |user = GRU 
  |orbit = Low Earth Orbit
  |function = Reconnaissance
  |d-date = 
  |outcome = Successful 
  }}
}}
|colspan = 12|

===September===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =2 September
|time =00:34
|rocket ={{flagicon|GBR}} [[Black Arrow]]
|flight =R2
|site ={{flagicon|AUS}} [[RAAF Woomera Range Complex|Woomera]] [[Woomera Launch Area 5|LA-5B]]
|LSP ={{flagicon|GBR}} [[Royal Aircraft Establishment|RAE]]
|remarks =First orbital launch attempt of Black Arrow. Second stage shut down 13 seconds earlier than intended.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Arrow {{!}} Orba |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1190 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=nextspaceflight.com }}</ref>
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|GBR}} [[Orba (satellite)|Orba]] (X 2)
  |cubesat =
  |user =RAE
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function =Atmosheric density research
  |d-date =2 September
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Failure
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 1
|date = 12 September |time = 13:25
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Proton-K/D
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Baikonur 81/23
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}} 
|remarks = First uncrewed lunar sample return, first Soviet lunar sample return
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = [[Luna 16]]
 |user = 
|d-date=24 September 
 |orbit = Selenocentric
 |function = Lunar lander
 |outcome = Successful
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =25 September
|time =05:00
|rocket ={{flagicon|JPN}}[[M-4S]]
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|JPN}}Kagoshima LP-M
|LSP =
|remarks =First flight of M-4S. Fourth stage failed to ignite
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|JPN}}[[Shinsei (satellite)|MS-F1]]
  |cubesat =
  |user =[[Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science|ISAS]]
  |orbit =Low Earth
  |function =Solar, cosmic ray and ionosphere research
  |d-date =25 September
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Failure
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
|colspan = 8|

===October===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 1
|date =20 October |time = 19:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Proton-K/D
|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Baikonur 81/23
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}} 
|remarks = Final circumlunar flight of the Zond program.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = [[Zond 8]]
 |user = 
 |orbit = Highly elliptical
 |function = Spacecraft test
 |outcome = Successful
  }}
}}

|colspan = 12|

===November===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =24 November 1970
|time =11:00
|rocket ={{flagicon|USSR}}[[Soyuz-L]]
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|USSR}}Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP ={{flagicon|USSR}}
|remarks =
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|USSR}}[[Kosmos 379]] (T2K No.1)
  |cubesat =
  |user =
  |orbit =Low Earth
  |function =Uncrewed test flight of [[LK (spacecraft)|LK]] lunar lander
  |d-date =21 September 1983
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
|colspan = 12|

===December===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL = 1
|date = 12 December |time = 10:54
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scout (rocket family)|Scout B]]
|site = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Broglio Space Centre|San Marco mobile range]], [[Kenya]]
|LSP = {{flagicon|ITA}}  [[National Research Council (Italy)|CNR]]
|remarks = First satellite dedicated to X-ray astronomy.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}} Explorer 42 ([[Uhuru (satellite)|Uhuru]])
 |user = [[NASA]]
 |orbit = Low Earth
 |function = [[X-ray astronomy]]
 |d-date = 5 April 1979
 |outcome = Successful
  }}
}}
|}

{{TLS-M|1970}}

==Suborbital Launches==
This is a list of [[spaceflight]]s launched in 1970.
{{TLS-H2|no-cubesat=yes}}
|colspan=8|
===January-March===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =4 March
|time =21:15
|rocket ={{flagicon|GBR}} [[Black Arrow]]
|flight =R1
|site ={{flagicon|AUS}} [[RAAF Woomera Range Complex|Woomera]] [[Woomera Launch Area 5|LA-5B]]
|LSP ={{flagicon|GBR}} [[Royal Aircraft Establishment|RAE]]
|remarks =Test flight with inert third stage. Apogee: 550 km
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name =
  |cubesat =
  |user =RAE
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function =Test flight
  |d-date =4 March
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
|colspan=8|
===April-June===
|- 
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =16 April
|time =06:38
|rocket ={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cockatoo (rocket)|Cockatoo]]
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|AUS}} Woomera LA-2 HAD
|LSP ={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Weapons Research Establishment|WRE]]
|remarks = <!-- Apogee: ~100 km -->
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|AUS}} WRE Cockatoo 101 (Sphere)
  |cubesat =
  |user =WRE
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function =[[Aeronomy]]
  |d-date =16 April
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
|colspan=8|

===July-September===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =31 July
|time =02:00<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |title=K63D |url=http://www.astronautix.com/k/k63d.html |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref>
|rocket ={{flagicon|USSR}} [[Kosmos (rocket family)|K63D]]
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|USSR}} Vladimirovka test range, near [[Kapustin Yar]]
|LSP =
|remarks =Subscale model of the Spiral spaceplane.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |title=BOR-2 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bor-2.htm |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Gunter's Space Page }}</ref> Apogee: 100 km
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|USSR}} [[BOR-2]] No.102
  |cubesat =
  |user =
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function =Re-entry test for [[MiG-105|Spiral program]]
  |d-date =31 July
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
|colspan=8|
===October-December===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =1 October
|time =13:46:12
|rocket ={{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike Apache]]
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|BRA}} [[Barreira do Inferno Launch Center|Barreira do Inferno]]
|LSP ={{flagicon|GER}} [[MORABA]]
|remarks =
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|GER}} DLR N-NA-30
  |cubesat =
  |user =[[German Aerospace Center|DLR]]
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function =Ionospheric research
  |d-date =1 October
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date =31 October
|time =10:32
|rocket ={{flagicon|USA}} [[Aerobee]] 170
|flight =
|site ={{flagicon|USA}} [[White Sands Missile Range]]
|LSP ={{flagicon|USA}} NASA
|remarks =
|empty =
|payload = {{TLS-PL 
  |name ={{flagicon|USA}} UVT-SDGS 3
  |cubesat =
  |user =NASA
  |orbit =Suborbital
  |function =[[UV astronomy]]
  |d-date =31 October
  |d-time =
  |outcome =Successful
  |d-span =
  |o-span =
  }} 
}}
|}
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

== Launches from the Moon ==
{{TLS-H2}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 September |time= 7:43
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Luna 16]] Ascent stage
|site = ''[[Mare Fecunditatis]]'' (''[[Moon|Luna]]'')
|LSP = 
|remarks = First uncrewed lunar sample return mission
|payload = {{TLS-PL
  |name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Luna 16 Return capsule
  |user ={{flagicon|USSR}}
  |orbit= Highly elliptical
  |function = Sample return
  |d-date = 24 September 1970
  |outcome = Successful
  }}
}}
|}

== Deep Space Rendezvous ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
|-
! Date ([[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]])
! Spacecraft
! Event
! Remarks
|-
|11 April 1970|| Apollo 13 [[S-IVB]] stage || Impacted the [[Moon]] ||
|-
| 15 April|| [[Apollo 13]] || Lunar flyby at {{convert|254|km}} || Intended lunar landing, forced to abort and return to Earth using lunar [[free return trajectory]]
|-
| 20 September|| [[Luna 16]] || 100gm from [[Mare Fecunditatis]] || First [[sample return mission]]
|-
| 24 October || [[Zond 8]] || Circumlunar flight of the Moon {{convert|1110|km}}|| 
|-
| 17 November || [[Luna 17]] || Delivered [[Lunokhod 1]] at [[Mare Imbrium]]|| First robotic [[Lunar rover]]
|-
| 15 December || [[Venera 7]] || Atmospheric probe worked for 23 min on the [[Venus (planet)|Venerian]] surface|| First [[soft landing (rocketry)|soft landing]] on another planet
|}

==References==
{{TLS-R}}

===Footnotes===
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