1976 in spaceflight
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Orbital launches | |
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First | 6 January |
Last | 28 December |
Total | 131 |
Catalogued | 128 |
National firsts | |
Satellite |
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Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Thor DSV-2U |
Retirements |
Voskhod Scout B-1 Soyuz Soyuz-M Thor-Burner |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 3 |
Total travellers | 6 |
The following is an outline of 1976 in spaceflight.
Launches
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
Remarks | ||||||
15 January 05:34:00 |
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NASA / DFVLR | Heliocentric | Solar probe | In orbit | Successful | ||
Achieved a closest approach to the Sun of 43.432 million km (0.29 AU) on April 17, 1976, the closest approach achieved by an artificial satellite. | ||||||
22 June 18:04:00 |
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Low Earth | Space station | 8 August 1977 | Successful | |||
Visited by three crews, one of which failed to dock | ||||||
6 July 12:08:45 |
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Low Earth (Salyut 5) | Salyut expedition | 24 August 18:32:17 | Partial mission failure | |||
Manned flight with two cosmonauts, final flight of Soyuz 11A511, returned early due to crew illness | ||||||
15 September 09:48:30 |
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Low Earth | Salyut expedition | 23 September 07:40:47 | Successful | |||
Manned flight with two cosmonauts | ||||||
14 October 17:39:18 |
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Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 5) | Salyut expedition | 16 October 17:45:53 | Spacecraft failure | |||
Manned flight with two cosmonauts, failed to dock with Salyut 5 | ||||||
Deep space rendezvous
Date | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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19 June | Viking 1 | Areocentric orbit insertion | |
20 July | Viking 1 Lander | landed in Chryse Planitia | |
7 August | Viking 2 | Areocentric orbit insertion | |
18 August | Luna 24 | landed in Mare Crisium | sample return mission |
19 August | Luna 24 | lift-off from Mare Crisium | 170 grams (6.0 oz) |
3 September | Viking 2 Lander | landed in Utopia Planitia |
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