1971 in spaceflight
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Launches
This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1971.
Launch Date/Time | Rocket | Launch Site |
Launch Contractor | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Mission/ Function |
Re-Entry/ Destruction |
Outcome | Remarks |
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13 January, 20:10 GMT | Black Brant II | Fort Churchill | NRCC | NRCC | Sub-orbital | Aeronomy | 13 January 1971 | Successful | ||
21 January, 02:32 GMT | Black Brant VB | Fort Churchill | NRCC | NRCC | Sub-orbital | Auroral, ionospheric and plasma research | 21 January 1971 | Successful | ||
21 January, 18:28 GMT | Titan 23B | SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | OPS 7776 | US Air Force/NRO | LEO | Surveillance satellite | 9 February 1971 | Successful | |
22 January, 04:44 GMT | Black Brant VB | Fort Churchill | NRCC | NRCC | Sub-orbital | Auroral, ionospheric and plasma research | 22 January 1971 | Successful | ||
26 January, 00:36 GMT | Atlas-Centaur SLV-3C | LC-36A, Cape Canaveral | Intelsat 4 F-2 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful | ||
26 January, 17:23 GMT | Black Brant VB | Fort Churchill | NRCC | NRCC | Sub-orbital | Ionospheric and Solar research | 26 January | Successful | ||
31 January, 21:03 GMT | Saturn V | LC-39A, Kennedy | NASA | Apollo 14 CSM "Kitty Hawk" 3 astronauts |
NASA | Selenocentric | Manned Lunar orbiter | 9 February 1971, 21:05 GMT | Successful | |
Apollo 14 Lunar Module "Antares" | NASA | Lunar | Manned Lunar landing | 5 February 1971, 09:17 GMT (on Moon) |
Successful | |||||
5 February, 22:46 GMT | Black Brant IVB | Fort Churchill | NRCC | NRCC | Sub-orbital | Auroral, Ionospheric, and meteorite research | 5 February 1971 | Successful | ||
6 February, 18:48 GMT | Apollo 14 Lunar Module "Antares" ascent stage | Apollo 14 Lunar Module "Antares" descent stage Fra Mauro The Moon |
NASA | Apollo 14, 2 astronauts | NASA | Selenocentric | Return Apollo 14 astronauts to CSM in orbit. | 7 February 1971 00:46 GMT (on Moon) |
Successful | |
17 February, 03:52 GMT | Thor Burner II | SLC-10W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | DMSP 5A F3 | US Air Force | LEO | Weather satellite | Still in orbit | Successful | |
Calsphere 3A | US Air Force | LEO | Radar calibration | 17 October 1989 | Successful | |||||
Calsphere 4 | US Air Force | LEO | Radar calibration | 20 September 1989 | Successful | |||||
Calsphere 5 | US Air Force | LEO | Radar calibration | 17 January 1990 | Successful | |||||
17 February, 20:04 GMT | Thorad Agena-D SLV-2H | SLC-3W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | KH-4B 1113 | US Air Force | Intended: LEO | Surveillance satellite | T+18 seconds | Failure | Overloading of orinite led to cracked valve, and loss of engine lubrication at launch. |
SRV 825 | US Air Force | Intended: LEO | Surveillance satellite | |||||||
SRV 826 | US Air Force | Intended: LEO | Surveillance satellite | |||||||
20 February, 03:33 GMT | Black Brant IVA | Fort Churchill | NRCC | (none) | N/A | N/A | Research into Auroras, Ionosphere, and plasma | N/A | Successful | |
February 25 01:13 GMT |
Black Brant VB | Wallops Island | NASA | (none) | N/A | N/A | Aeronomy research | N/A | Successful | |
February 28 20:10 GMT |
Black Brant III | Fort Churchill | NRCC | (none) | N/A | N/A | Aeronomy | N/A | Successful | |
March 3 06:52 GMT |
Black Brant IVA | Fort Churchill | NRCC | (none) | N/A | N/A | Research Auroras | N/A | Successful | |
March 3 12:15 GMT |
CZ-1 (Long March 1) | LA-2A, Jiuquan | SJ-1 | LEO | comsat | June 17, 1979 | Successful | |||
March 20 03:24 GMT |
Black Brant II | Fort Churchill | NRCC | (none) | N/A | N/A | Test rocket Research Ionosphere, and Auroras |
N/A | Successful | |
March 21 03:45 GMT |
Titan 33B | SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | Jumpseat 1 | US Air Force/NRO | High eccentricity LEO/MEO | Still in orbit | Successful | ||
March 24 20:10 GMT |
Black Brant VC | Fort Churchill | AFCRL | (none) | N/A | N/A | Aeronomy | N/A | Successful | |
March 24 21:05 GMT |
Thorad Agena-D SLV-2H | SLC-3W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | KH-4B 1114 | US Air Force | LEO | Surveillance satellite | April 12, 1971 | Failure | Computer on satellite malfunctioned |
April 1 02:57 GMT |
Thor Delta E1 | SLC-2E, Vandenberg AFB | ISIS 2 | CRC | LEO | Ionospheric research. | Still in orbit | Successful | Final flight of Thor Delta E1 launch vehicle | |
April 5 | Atlas F | ABRES-A1, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ABRES LAR-1 | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | Test Re-entry vehicle | April 5, 1971 | Successful | |
April 19 01:40 GMT |
Proton 8K82K | LC-81, Baikonur | RVSN | Salyut 1 | RVSN | LEO | Space station | October 11, 1971 | Partial Failure | First space station Experiment bay door failed to separate First crew failed to dock, and second crew killed on re-entry |
April 22 15:30 GMT |
Titan 23B | SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | OPS 7899 | US Air Force/NRO | LEO | Surveillance satellite | May 13, 1971 | Successful | |
April 22 23:54 GMT |
R-7 11A511 (Soyuz/A-2) | LC-1/5, Baikonur | RVSN | Soyuz 10, 3 cosmonauts | RVSN | LEO, Intended to be docked to Salyut 1 | Manned mission to Salyut 1 space station | April 24, 1971 | Failure | Docking system malfunction - mission aborted and spacecraft deorbited |
May 5 07:43 GMT |
Titan IIIC | LC-40, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | IMEWS 2 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Early warning defense satellite | Still in orbit | Successful | |
May 9 01:11 GMT |
Atlas-Centaur SLV-3C | LC-36A, Cape Canaveral | Mariner H | NASA | Intended: Heliocentric | Martian flyby probe Mapping |
May 9, 1971 | Failure | Premature second stage cutoff due to human error. | |
May 10 16:58 GMT |
Proton 8K82K | LC-81, Baikonur | RVSN | Cosmos 419 (Mars M-71) | RVSN | Intended: Martian Actual: LEO |
Martian photography | May 12, 1971 | Failure | Fourth stage ignition delay accidentally entered as 1.5 years, rather than 1.5 hours |
May 19 16:22 GMT |
Proton 8K82K | LC-81, Baikonur | RVSN | Mars 2 | RVSN | Martian | Martian orbiter | Still in orbit | Successful | |
Mars 2 lander | RVSN | N/A | Martian lander | November 27, 1971 | Failure | Descent system malfunctioned, did not survive landing | ||||
May 28 15:26 GMT |
Proton 8K82K | LC-81, Baikonur | RVSN | Mars 3 | RVSN | Martian | Martian orbiter | Still in orbit | Successful | |
Mars 3 lander | RVSN | N/A | Martian lander | December 2, 1971 | Failure | Failed 20 seconds after landing, unknown cause. | ||||
May 30 22:23 GMT |
Atlas-Centaur SLV-3C | LC-36B, Cape Canaveral | Mariner 9 | NASA | Martian orbit | Martian orbiter Study martian atmosphere Surface mapping |
Still in orbit | Successful | First planetry orbiter. First artificial satellite of Mars. |
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June 6 04:55 GMT |
R-7 11A511 (Soyuz/A-2) | LC-1/5, Baikonur | RVSN | Soyuz 11, 3 cosmonauts | RVSN | LEO, docked to Salyut 1 | Manned mission to Salyut 1 space station | June 29, 1971 | Failure | First manned space station Pressure leak on re-entry resulted in loss of crew |
June 7 05:26 GMT |
Black Brant IVA | Fort Churchill | AFCRL | (none) | N/A | N/A | Research Ionosphere | N/A | Successful | |
June 8 14:00 GMT |
Thor Burner II | SLC-10W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | SESP 70-1 | US Air Force | LEO | Weather satellite | January 31, 1982 | Successful | |
June 15 18:41 GMT |
Titan IIID | SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | KH-9 01 ("Big Bird") | CIA/NRO | LEO | Surveillance satellite | August 6, 1971 | Successful | Maiden flight of Titan IIID |
June 20 | Titan II | LC-395C, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | (none) | N/A | N/A | SSTTP target mission | N/A | Successful | |
June 26 23:15 GMT |
N-1 | LC-110L, Baikonur | RVSN | Boilerplate Soyuz spacecraft | RVSN | Intended: LEO | Test LV | T+51 seconds | Failure | Loss of control. Destroyed by range safety |
June 29 10:12 GMT |
Atlas F/Trident | ABRES-A3, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ABRES RVTO-2 | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | Test Re-entry vehicle | June 29, 1971 | Successful | |
July 16 10:50 GMT |
Thorad Agena-D SLV-2H | SLC-1W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | OPS 8373 | US Air Force | LEO | Surveillance satellite | August 31, 1978 | Successful | |
July 21 16:00 GMT |
Black Brant VC | Wallops Island | NASA | (none) | N/A | N/A | Test rocket | N/A | Failure | |
July 26 13:34 GMT |
Saturn V | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | NASA | Apollo 15 CSM "Endeavour" 3 astronauts |
NASA | Lunar | Manned Lunar orbiter | August 7, 1971 | Successful | |
Apollo 15 Lunar Module "Falcon" | NASA | Lunar | Manned Lunar landing | July 30, 1971 22:16 GMT (at Moon) |
Successful | First flight to carry lunar rover | ||||
Apollo 15 Subsatellite | NASA | Lunar | Study lunar particles | Unknown | Successful | First satellite to be deployed by manned spacecraft. Deployed at 20:13 GMT on August 4 |
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August 2 17:11 GMT |
Apollo 15 Lunar Module "Falcon" ascent stage | Apollo 15 Lunar Module "Falcon" descent stage, Hadley-Apennine The Moon |
NASA | Apollo 15, 2 astronauts | NASA | Lunar | Return Apollo 15 astronauts to CSM in orbit. | August 3, 1971 03:04 GMT (at Moon) |
Successful | |
August 7 00:11 GMT |
Atlas F | BMRS-A2, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | OV1-20P | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | August 28, 1971 | Successful | |
OV1-21P | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | Still in orbit | Successful | |||||
Cannonball 2 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | January 31, 1972 | Successful | |||||
Musketball 1 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | September 19, 1971 | Successful | |||||
Gridsphere 1 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | Still in orbit | Successful | |||||
LCS 4 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | June 11, 1972 | Successful | |||||
Gridsphere 2 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | March 18, 1979 | Successful | |||||
Rigidsphere | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | November 2, 1979 | Successful | |||||
Mylar Balloon | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | September 1, 1981 | Successful | |||||
August 12 15:30 GMT |
Titan 23B | SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | OPS 8607 | US Air Force/NRO | LEO | Surveillance satellite | September 3, 1971 | Successful | |
August 27 | Titan II | LC-395C, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | (none) | N/A | N/A | SSTTP target mission | N/A | Successful | |
September 1 | Atlas F | BMRS-A1, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ABRES LAR-2 | US Air Force | Sub-orbital | Test Re-entry vehicle | June 29, 1971 | Successful | |
September 2 13:40 GMT |
Proton 8K82K | LC-81, Baikonur | RVSN | Luna 18 | RVSN | Lunar | Lunar sample return | September 11, 1971 (at Moon) | Failure | Crashed during landing attempt |
September 4 13:52 GMT |
Black Brant IIIB | Resolute Bay | NASA | (none) | N/A | N/A | Research plasma | N/A | Successful | |
September 5 13:44 GMT |
Black Brant III | Resolute Bay | NASA | (none) | N/A | N/A | Research plasma | N/A | Successful | |
September 10 | DF-5 | LA-2B, Jiuquan | (none) | N/A | N/A | Research and development | N/A | Successful | Maiden flight of DF-5 | |
September 10 21:33 GMT |
Thorad Agena-D SLV-2H | SLC-3W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | KH-4B 1115 | US Air Force | LEO | Surveillance satellite | October 5, 1971 | Successful | |
SRV 831 | US Air Force | LEO | Surveillance satellite | February 3, 1976 | Successful | |||||
OPS 7681 | US Air Force | LEO | Surveillance satellite | February 3, 1976 | Successful | |||||
September 28 10:00 GMT |
Proton 8K82K | LC-81, Baikonur | RVSN | Luna 19 | RVSN | Lunar | Lunar orbiter and mapping | Still in orbit | Successful | |
September 29 09:45 GMT |
Thor Delta N | LC-17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station | OSO 7 | NASA | LEO | Solar observatory | July 9, 1974 | Successful | ||
TETR 3 | NASA | LEO | Technology research | September 19, 1978 | Successful | |||||
October 14 07:51 GMT |
Thor Burner II | SLC-10W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | DMSP 5B F1 | US Air Force | LEO | Weather satellite | Still in orbit | Successful | |
October 17 13:36 GMT |
Thorad Agena D SLV-2G | SLC-1W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | ASTEX | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | Still in orbit | Successful | |
October 21 11:32 GMT |
Thor Delta N | SLC-2E, Vandenberg Air Force Base | ITOS B | NASA | LEO | Weather satellite | July 21, 1972 | Failure | Space junk rendered orbit useless | |
October 23 17:16 GMT |
Titan 24B | SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | OPS 7616 | US Air Force/NRO | LEO | Surveillance satellite | November 17, 1971 | Successful | |
SRV-2 | US Air Force/NRO | LEO | Surveillance satellite | November 17, 1971 | Successful | |||||
October 28 04:09 GMT |
Black Arrow | LA-5B, Woomera | RAE | Prospero (X-3) | RAE | LEO | Micrometeorite detection | Still in orbit | Successful | First and so far only British launched satellite |
November 3 03:09 GMT |
Titan IIIC | LC-40, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | DSCS-II 01 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Military comsat | Still in orbit | Successful | |
DSCS-II 02 | US Air Force | Geosynchronous | Military comsat | Still in orbit | Successful | |||||
November 5 13:00 GMT |
Europa | CECLES, Kourou | ELDO | STV-4 | ELDO/ESA | Intended: LEO | Test LV | November 5, 1971 | Failure | Third stage structural failure, final flight of Europa |
December 4 22:30 GMT |
Atlas-Agena-D SLV-3A | LC-13, Cape Canaveral | US Air Force | Canyon 4 (AFP-827) | US Air Force | Intended: Geosynchronous | Military Comsat | December 4, 1971 | Failure | First stage malfunction |
October 17 13:36 GMT |
Thorad Agena D SLV-2G | SLC-1W, Vandenberg AFB | US Air Force | OPS 7898 P/L1 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | Still in orbit | Successful | Final flight of Thorad Agena D SLV-2G |
OPS 7898 P/L2 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | Still in orbit | Successful | |||||
OPS 7898 P/L3 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | Still in orbit | Successful | |||||
OPS 7898 P/L4 | US Air Force | LEO | Technology research | Still in orbit | Successful | |||||
December 20 01:10 GMT |
Atlas-Centaur SLV-3C | LC-36A, Cape Canaveral | Intelsat 4 F-3 | Intelsat | Geosynchronous | Comsat | Still in orbit | Successful |
← Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec → |
[edit] Deep space rendezvous in 1971
- February 9 — Apollo 14, 43 kg from Fra Mauro (sample return mission)
- August 7 — Apollo 15, 77 kg from Hadley rille (sample return mission)
- September 11 — Luna 18 impacted at Mare Fecunditatis (sample return mission)
- October 3 — Luna 19 entered selenocentric orbit
- November 14 — Mariner 9 entered Martian orbit, 7,329 pictures
- November 27 — Mars 2 entered Martian orbit and its lander crashed
- December 2 — Mars 3 entered Martian orbit and its lander was lost after 14.5 sec. on the surface
[edit] References
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
- JAXA
- Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
- Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
- NASA
- NASA SpaceFlight.com
- Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
- Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
- Southwest Space Archive
- SPACE.com Launch Forecast
- SpaceFlightNow
- Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
- U.S. Space Objects Registry
- Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)
[edit] Footnotes
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