1974 in spaceflight
In 1974 Mariner 10 visited Mercury that saw a spacecraft that visited Mercury for the first and last time in the 20th century.
Launches
[edit]
This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1974.
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Date and time (UTC) |
Rocket | Site | LSP | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) |
Outcome | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 January, 01:45 GMT[1] | Aerobee 200A | White Sands | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Aeronomy/Ultraviolet astronomy | 5 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 223 kilometres (139 mi) | |
8 January, 01:40 GMT[1] | Aerobee 200A | White Sands | NASA | NASA/NRL | Sub-orbital | Aeronomy/Ultraviolet astronomy | 8 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 193 kilometres (120 mi) | |
12 January 19:12 GMT[1] | Skylark | El Arenosillo | DFVLR | H-GR-58 | DLR | Sub-orbital | Astronomy | 12 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 246 kilometres (153 mi) |
12 January[1] | R-36 | LC-162/36, Baikonur | RVSN | DKh | RVSN | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 12 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) |
15 January 20:00 GMT[1] | Black Brant VC | LC-36, White Sands | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Solar research | 15 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 234 kilometres (145 mi) | |
16 January, 02:00 GMT[1] | Kappa 9M | Kagoshima | ISAS | ISAS | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere and Solar research | 16 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 360 kilometres (220 mi) | |
16 January 17:40 GMT[1] | Nike Apache | Wallops Island | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Aeronomy | 16 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 205 kilometres (127 mi) | |
16 January 18:13 GMT[1] | Super Arcas | Wallops Island | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 16 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 103 kilometres (64 mi) | |
16 January[1] | Aerobee 200A | White Sands | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Solar research | 16 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 250 kilometres (160 mi) | |
17 January, 02:37 GMT[1] | Nike Tomahawk | Poker Flat | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Plasma research | 17 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 298 kilometres (185 mi) | |
17 January, 02:37 GMT[1] | Kosmos-3M | LC-132/2, Plesetsk | VKS | Kosmos 628 (Tsiklon) | MO SSSR | LEO | Navigation | Still in orbit | Successful | |
19 January, 01:38 GMT[1] | 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 | |
19 January 11:34 GMT[1] | Skua | El Arenosillo | RAE | RAE | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 19 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 110 kilometres (68 mi) | |
19 January[1] | Eridan | ALFS, Kourou | Sub-orbital | Missile test | 19 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 220 kilometres (140 mi) | |||
20 January[1] | R-36M | LC-103, Baikonur | RVSN | POR | RVSN | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 20 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) |
21 January, 02:39 GMT[1] | Nike Tomahawk | Poker Flat | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Plasma research | 21 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 298 kilometres (185 mi) | |
21 January 11:30 GMT[1] | Skua 4 | El Arenosillo | RAE | RAE | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 21 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 114 kilometres (71 mi) | |
22 January, 02:41 GMT[1] | Nike Tomahawk | Poker Flat | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Plasma research | 22 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 298 kilometres (185 mi) | |
22 January 11:00 GMT[1] | Lambda-3H | Area L, Kagoshima | ISAS | ISAS | Sub-orbital | X-ray astronomy | 22 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,571 kilometres (976 mi) | |
8 January 16:45 GMT[1] | Aerobee 200A | White Sands | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Solar research | 22 January 1974 | Successful | Reached 238 kilometres (148 mi) | |
22 January[1] | Minuteman I | LF-06, Vandenberg AFB | USAF | USAF | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 22 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |
23 January 11:30 GMT[1] | Skua | El Arenosillo | RAE | RAE | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 23 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 106 kilometres (66 mi) | |
23 January 12:50 GMT[1] | Black Brant VB | Fort Churchill | NRCC | NRCC | Sub-orbital | Aeronomy/Ionosphere/Aurora research | 23 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 208 kilometres (129 mi) | |
24 January 15:00 GMT[1] | Voskhod | Plesetsk | Kosmos 629 (Zenit-2M) | MOM | LEO | Recon | 5 February 1974 | Successful | ||
25 January 11:30 GMT[1] | Skua | El Arenosillo | RAE | RAE | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere research | 25 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 109 kilometres (68 mi) | |
25 January[1] | UR-100N | Baikonur Cosmodrome | RVSN | RVSN | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 25 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |
26 January[1] | Minuteman III | LF-25, Vandenberg AFB | USAF | GT-24GB-1 | USAF | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 26 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) |
26 January[1] | UR-100N | Baikonur Cosmodrome | RVSN | RVSN | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 26 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |
27 January 19:08 GMT[1] | Nike Tomahawk | Andøya | NASA | Ferdinand 35 (Polar 3) |
NDRE | Sub-orbital | Aurora research | 27 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 238 kilometres (148 mi) |
30 January 11:00 GMT[1] | Voskhod | Plesetsk | Kosmos 630 (Zenit-4MK) | MOM | LEO | Recon | 13 February 1974 | Successful | ||
30 January[1] | SSBS | BLB, Biscarosse | DMA | DMA | Sub-orbital | Missile test | 30 January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |
January[1] | Vertikal' K65UP | LC-107, Kapustin Yar | RVSN | RVSN | Sub-orbital | Ionosphere/Solar research | January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) | |
January[1] | Athena | Wallops Island | Sandia | USAF | Sub-orbital | Re-entry vehicle test | January 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |
1 February, 06:30 GMT[1] | JCR | Area T, Tanegashima | NASDA | NASDA | Sub-orbital | Test flight | 1 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 200 kilometres (120 mi) | |
4 February 14:40 GMT[1] | Skylark 6AC | LA-2SL, Woomera | BAC | BAC | Sub-orbital | Astronomy | 4 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 197 kilometres (122 mi) | |
4 February[1] | MR-UR-100 | LC-177, Baikonur | RVSN | RVSN | Sub-orbital | ICBM test | 4 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |
6 February, 00:34 GMT[1] | Kosmos-3M | LC-132/2, Plesetsk | VKS | Kosmos 631 (Tselina-O) | MO SSSR | LEO | ELINT | 3 October 1980 | Successful | |
6 February 22:48 GMT[1] | Black Brant IVB | Andoya | DLR | DFVLR | Sub-orbital | Aurora research | 6 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 548 kilometres (341 mi) | |
6 February[1] | Polaris A3 | Submarine, WTR | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM test | 6 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |
6 February[1] | Polaris A3 | Submarine, WTR | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM test | 6 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |
6 February[1] | Polaris A3 | Submarine, WTR | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM test | 6 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |
6 February[1] | Polaris A3 | Submarine, WTR | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM test | 6 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |
6 February[1] | Polaris A3 | Submarine, WTR | US Navy | US Navy | Sub-orbital | SLBM test | 6 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) | |
9 February, 02:10 GMT[1] | Aerobee 200A | White Sands | NASA | NASA | Sub-orbital | Astronomy | 9 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 186 kilometres (116 mi) | |
9 February, 06:30 GMT[1] | LS-C | Area T, Tanegashima | NASDA | LE-3 | NASDA | Sub-orbital | Test flight | 9 February 1974 | Successful | Apogee: 100 kilometres (62 mi) |
11 February 13:48 GMT[1] | Titan IIIE | LC-41, CCAFS | Boilerplate Viking | NASA | Intended: GSO | Test carrier rocket | 12 February 1974 | Failure | Upper stage turbopump malfunction | |
SPHINX | NASA | Intended: GSO | Plasma research | |||||||
3 July | Soyuz (11A511) | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Soyuz 14 | LEO, docked to Salyut 3 | Manned orbital flight | 19 July 1974 | Successful | |||
16 July | Scout | Western Space and Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB | NASA | Aeros 2 | NASA | Successful | ||||
26 August | Soyuz (11A511) | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Soyuz 15 | LEO Planned: docked to Salyut 3 |
Manned orbital flight | 28 August 1974 | Failure | Failed to dock with Salyut 3 | ||
2 December | Soyuz-U (11A511U) | LC-1/5, Baikonur | Soyuz 16 | LEO | Manned orbital flight | 8 December 1974 | Successful | ASTP dress-rehearsal First manned use of Soyuz-U launch vehicle |
Deep Space Rendezvous
Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
5 February | Mariner 10 | Flyby of Venus | Gravity assist; Closest approach: 5,768 kilometres (3,584 mi) |
10 February | Mars 4 | Flyby of Mars | Closest approach: 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi) (orbiter mission) |
12 February | Mars 5 | Areocentric orbit injection | |
9 March | Mars 7 | Lander missed mars by 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) | |
12 March | Mars 6 | Lander lost a few seconds before anticipated landing | |
29 March | Mariner 10 | 1st flyby of Mercury | Closest approach: 703 kilometres (437 mi) |
2 June | Luna 22 | Selenocentric orbit injection | Photographic mission |
21 September | Mariner 10 | 2nd flyby of Mercury | Closest approach: 48,069 kilometres (29,869 mi) |
2 November | Luna 23 | Landed rough at Mare Crisium, the Moon | Sample return mission |
3 December | Pioneer 11 | Flyby of Jupiter | Gravity assist; Closest approach: 42,960 kilometres (26,690 mi) |
EVAs
Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 February 15:19 |
5 hours 19 minutes |
20:38 | Skylab SLM-3 |
Gerald P. Carr Edward Gibson |
Retrieved the final film from the solar observatory and photographed Kohoutek using an electronographic camera. |
References
|
Generic references:
|
Footnotes
Timeline of spaceflight | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940s | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | ||||
1950s | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
1960s | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
1970s | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
1980s | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
1990s | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
2000s | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
2010s | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.