1971 in spaceflight
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Launches
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This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1971.
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| Date/Time (UTC) |
Rocket | Site | LSP | Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) |
Outcome | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 SLV-3C Centaur |
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 SLV-3C Centaur |
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 SLV-3C Centaur |
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 |
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 AFB |
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 SLV-3C Centaur |
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
Generic references:
- Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica". http://www.astronautix.com.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/chrono.htm.
- "Space Information Center". JAXA. http://spaceinfo.jaxa.jp.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- "Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC. http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php.
- "NASASpaceFlight.com". http://www.nasaspaceflight.com.
- "Launch Logs". Orbital Report News Agency. http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html.
- "Space Calendar". NASA JPL. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/.
- "Southwest Space Archive". http://www.spacearchive.info/index.htm.
- "Launch Forecast". SPACE.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/launch_schedule.html.
- "Spaceflight Now". http://www.spaceflightnow.com.
- Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive". http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/.
- "U.S. Space Objects Registry". http://www.usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/.
- "Хроника освоения космоса" (in Russian). http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/chrono/index.shtml.
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