- 1974 in spaceflight
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5 January , 01:45GMT [http://www.astronautix.com/chrono/19741.htm Encyclopaedia Astronautica - Chronology - Quarter 1 1974] ]
|Aerobee 200A
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy /Ultraviolet astronomy
|5 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|223|km|mi
-
|8 January , 01:40GMT
|Aerobee 200A
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA /NRL
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy /Ultraviolet astronomy
|8 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|193|km|mi
-
|12 January , 19:12GMT
|Skylark
|El Arenosillo
|DFVLR
|H-GR-58
|DLR
|Sub-orbital
|Astronomy
|12 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|246|km|mi
-
|12 January
|R-36
|LC-162/36, Baikonur
|RVSN
|DKh
|RVSN
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|12 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|15 January , 20:00GMT
|Black Brant VC
|LC-36,White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Solar research
|15 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|234|km|mi
-
|16 January , 02:00GMT
|Kappa 9M
|Kagoshima
|ISAS
|ISAS
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere and Solar research
|16 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|360|km|mi
-
|16 January , 17:40GMT
|Nike-Apache
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy
|16 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|205|km|mi
-
|16 January , 18:13GMT
|Super Arcas
|Wallops Island
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere research
|16 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|103|km|mi
-
|16 January
|Aerobee 200A
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Solar research
|16 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|250|km|mi
-
|17 January , 02:37GMT
|Nike-Tomahawk
|Poker Flat
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Plasma research
|17 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|298|km|mi
-
|17 January , 02:37GMT
|Kosmos-3M
|LC-132/2, Plesetsk
|VKS
|Kosmos|628 (Tsiklon )
|MO SSSR
|LEO
|Navigation
|Still in orbit
|Successful
-
|19 January , 01:38GMT
|Delta 2313
|LC-17B ,CCAFS
|Skynet 2A
|UK Ministry of Defence
|Intended: GSO
Achieved: LEO
|Comms
|25 January 1974
|Failure
|Placed in incorrect orbit due to carrier rocket malfunction
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|19 January , 11:34GMT
|Skua
|El Arenosillo
|RAE
|RAE
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere research
|19 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|110|km|mi
-
|19 January
|Eridan
|ALFS,Kourou
|Sub-orbital
|Missile test
|19 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|220|km|mi
-
|20 January
|R-36M
|LC-103, Baikonur
|RVSN
|POR
|RVSN
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|20 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|21 January , 02:39GMT
|Nike-Tomahawk
|Poker Flat
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Plasma research
|21 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|298|km|mi
-
|21 January , 11:30GMT
|Skua 4
|El Arenosillo
|RAE
|RAE
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere research
|21 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|114|km|mi
-
|22 January , 02:41GMT
|Nike-Tomahawk
|Poker Flat
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Plasma research
|22 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|298|km|mi
-
|22 January , 11:00GMT
|Lambda-3H
|Area L,Kagoshima
|ISAS
|ISAS
|Sub-orbital
|X-ray astronomy
|22 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1571|km|mi
-
|8 January , 16:45GMT
|Aerobee 200A
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Solar research
|22 January 1974
|Successful
|Reached 238|km|mi
-
|22 January
|Minuteman I
|LF-06, Vandenberg
|USAF
|USAF
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|22 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1300|km|mi
-
|23 January , 11:30GMT
|Skua
|El Arenosillo
|RAE
|RAE
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere research
|23 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|106|km|mi
-
|23 January , 12:50GMT
|Black Brant VB
|Fort Churchill
|NRCC
|NRCC
|Sub-orbital
|Aeronomy /Ionosphere /Aurora research
|23 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|208|km|mi
-
|24 January , 15:00GMT
|Voskhod
|Plesetsk
|Kosmos|629 (Zenit-2M)
|MOM
|LEO
|Recon
|5 February 1974
|Successful
-
|25 January , 11:30GMT
|Skua
|El Arenosillo
|RAE
|RAE
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere research
|25 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|109|km|mi
-
|25 January
|UR-100N
|Baikonur Cosmodrome
|RVSN
|RVSN
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|25 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|26 January
|Minuteman III
|LF-25,Vandenberg AFB
|USAF
|GT-24GB-1
|USAF
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|26 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1300|km|mi
-
|26 January
|UR-100N
|Baikonur Cosmodrome
|RVSN
|RVSN
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|26 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|27 January , 19:08GMT
|Nike-Tomahawk
|Andoya
|NASA
|Ferdinand 35
(Polar 3)
|NDRE
|Sub-orbital
|Aurora research
|27 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|238|km|mi
-
|30 January , 11:00GMT
|Voskhod
|Plesetsk
|Kosmos|630 (Zenit-4MK)
|MOM
|LEO
|Recon
|13 February 1974
|Successful
-
|30 January
|SSBS
|BLB,Biscarosse
|DMA
|DMA
|Sub-orbital
|Missile test
|30 January 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|January
|Vertikal' K65UP
|LC-107,Kapustin Yar
|RVSN
|RVSN
|Sub-orbital
|Ionosphere /Solar research
|January1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1500|km|mi
-
|January
|Athena
|Wallops Island
|Sandia
|USAF
|Sub-orbital
|Re-entry vehicle test
|January1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|200|km|mi
-
|1 February , 06:30GMT
|JCR
|Area T,Tanegashima
|NASDA
|NASDA
|Sub-orbital
|Test flight
|1 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|200|km|mi
-
|4 February , 14:40GMT
|Skylark 6AC
|LA-2SL,Woomera
|BAC
|BAC
|Sub-orbital
|Astronomy
|4 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|197|km|mi
-
|4 February
|MR-UR-100
|LC-177, Baikonur
|RVSN
|RVSN
|Sub-orbital
|ICBM test
|4 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|6 February , 00:34GMT
|Kosmos-3M
|LC-132/2, Plesetsk
|VKS
|Kosmos|631 (Tselina-O )
|MO SSSR
|LEO
|ELINT
|3 October 1980
|Successful
-
|6 February , 22:48GMT
|Black Brant IVB
|Andoya
|DLR
|DFVLR
|Sub-orbital
|Aurora research
|6 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|548|km|mi
-
|6 February
|Polaris A3
|Submarine , WTR
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|6 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|6 February
|Polaris A3
|Submarine , WTR
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|6 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|6 February
|Polaris A3
|Submarine , WTR
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|6 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|6 February
|Polaris A3
|Submarine , WTR
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|6 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|6 February
|Polaris A3
|Submarine , WTR
|US Navy
|US Navy
|Sub-orbital
|SLBM test
|6 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|1000|km|mi
-
|9 February , 02:10GMT
|Aerobee 200A
|White Sands
|NASA
|NASA
|Sub-orbital
|Astronomy
|9 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|186|km|mi
-
|9 February , 06:30GMT
|LS-C
|Area T,Tanegashima
|NASDA
|LE-3
|NASDA
|Sub-orbital
|Test flight
|9 February 1974
|Successful
|Apogee : convert|100|km|mi
-
rowspan=2|11 February , 13:48GMT
rowspan=2|Titan IIIE
rowspan=2|LC-41 ,CCAFS
rowspan=2
|Boilerplate Viking
|NASA
|Intended: GSO
|Test carrier rocket
rowspan=2|12 February 1974
rowspan=2|Failure
rowspan=2|Upper stage turbopump malfunction
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|SPHINX
|NASA
|Intended: GSO
|Plasma research
-Deep Space Rendezvous in 1974
*
5 February —Mariner 10 flyby of Venus (5,768 km)
*10 February —Mars 4 flyby of Mars, 2,200 km (orbiter mission)
*12 February —Mars 5 entered Martian orbit
*9 March —Mars 7 lander missed Mars by 1,300 km
*12 March —Mars 6 lander lost few seconds before anticipated landing
*29 March — Mariner 10 1st flyby of Mercury (703 km)
*2 June —Luna 22 enteredSelenocentric orbit (photographic mission)
*21 September — Mariner 10 2nd flyby of Mercury (48,069 km)
*2 November —Luna 23 landed rough at "Mare Crisium " (sample return mission)
*3 December —Pioneer 11 flyby of Jupiter (42,960 km)References
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