Orbital launches in 1972

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Orbital launches in 1972

Launches by month:

Launches by launch sites

* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered

Countries:

Russia	79
United States	32
Japan	1
Italy	1
Total	113

Rockets:

Voskhod	29
Kosmos-3M	14
Kosmos-2	13
Molniya-M	11
Titan 3B	5
Vostok-2M	5
Atlas-Centaur	4
Scout D	4
Titan 3D	3
Delta 0100	3
Others	22

Launch sites:

Plesetsk	55
Baikonur	22
Vandenberg	21
Cape Canaveral	10
Others	5

Launches:

Date	Site	Rocket	Payload	Outcome
1972-01-12	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 471 (Zenit-4M #30, Rotor #30)	success
1972-01-20	Vandenberg	Titan 3D	KH-9 2 / Mabeli	success
1972-01-23	Cape Canaveral	Atlas-Centaur Atlas SLV-3C / Centaur-D	Intelsat-4 4	success
1972-01-25	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	Kosmos 472 (DS-P1-Yu #50)	success
1972-01-31	Vandenberg	Delta L	HEOS 2	success
1972-02-03	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 473 (Zenit-2M #25, Gektor #25)	success
1972-02-14	Baikonur	Proton K/D	Luna 20 (Luna Ye-8-5 #408)	success
1972-02-16	Vandenberg	Titan 3B 33B	Jumpseat 2	failure
1972-02-16	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 474 (Zenit-4M #31, Rotor #31)	success
1972-02-25	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 475 (Zaliv #10)	success
1972-03-01	Cape Canaveral	Titan 3C Titan 23C	DSP 3	success
1972-03-01	Plesetsk	Vostok-2M 8A92M	Kosmos 476 (Tselina-D #3)	success
1972-03-03	Cape Canaveral	Atlas-Centaur Atlas SLV-3C / Centaur-D	Star-37E / Pioneer 10	success
1972-03-04	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 477 (Zenit-2M #26, Gektor #26) & Nauka-14KS	success
1972-03-12	Vandenberg	Delta N N3	TD-1A	success
1972-03-15	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 478 (Zenit-4M #32, Rotor #32)	success
1972-03-17	Vandenberg	Titan 3B 24B	KH-8 34	success
1972-03-22	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 479 (Tselina-O #14)	success
1972-03-24	Vandenberg	Thor-Burner Thor-LV2F Burner-2A	DMSP 5528	success
1972-03-25	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	Kosmos 481 (DS-P1-Yu #51)	success
1972-03-25	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 480 (Sfera #8)	success
1972-03-27	Baikonur	Molniya-M	Venera 8 (V-72 #1)	success
1972-03-30	Plesetsk	Vostok-2M 8A92M	Meteor-1 11	success
1972-03-31	Baikonur	Molniya-M	Kosmos 482 (Venera (9a)) (V-72 #2)	pfailure
1972-04-03	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 483 (Zenit-4M #33, Rotor #33)	success
1972-04-04	Plesetsk	Molniya-M	Molniya-1 20 (Molniya-1 27L) / SRET 1 (MAS 1)	success
1972-04-06	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 484 (Zenit-2M #27, Gektor #27) & Nauka-5KS	success
1972-04-07	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Interkosmos 6 (Energiya #1)	success
1972-04-11	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	Kosmos 485 (DS-P1-Yu #52)	success
1972-04-14	Baikonur	Molniya-M 8K78M SOL	Prognoz 1	success
1972-04-14	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 486 (Zenit-4M #34, Rotor #34)	success
1972-04-16	Cape Canaveral	Saturn V	Apollo 16	success
1972-04-19	Vandenberg	Thor-Agena Thorad SLV-2H Agena D	KH-4B 16	success
1972-04-21	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	Kosmos 487 (DS-P1-Yu #53)	success
1972-04-25	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	DS-P1-Yu #54	failure
1972-05-05	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 488 (Zenit-4MK #7, Germes #7)	success
1972-05-06	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 489 (Zaliv #11)	success
1972-05-17	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 490 (Zenit-2M #28, Gektor #28) & Nauka-1KS	success
1972-05-19	Plesetsk	Molniya-M	Molniya-2 2	success
1972-05-20	Vandenberg	Titan 3B 24B	KH-8 35	failure
1972-05-25	Vandenberg	Thor-Agena Thorad SLV-2H Agena D	KH-4B 17	success
1972-05-25	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 491 (Zenit-4M #35, Rotor #35)	success
1972-06-09	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 492 (Zenit-4M #36, Rotor #36)	success
1972-06-13	Cape Canaveral	Atlas-Centaur Atlas SLV-3C / Centaur-D	Intelsat-4 5	success
1972-06-21	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 493 (Zenit-2M #29, Gektor #29)	success
1972-06-23	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 494 (Strela-2M #5)	success
1972-06-23	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 495 (Zenit-4M #37, Rotor #37)	success
1972-06-26	Baikonur	Soyuz 11A511	Kosmos 496 (Soyuz-7K-T #1)	success
1972-06-29	Baikonur	Molniya-M 8K78M SOL	Prognoz 2	success
1972-06-30	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	Kosmos 497 (DS-P1-I #13)	success
1972-06-30	Kapustin Yar	Kosmos-2 11K63	Interkosmos 7 (DS-U3-IK #3)	success
1972-06-30	Plesetsk	Vostok-2M 8A92M	Meteor-1 12	success
1972-07-05	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	Kosmos 498 (DS-P1-Yu #55)	success
1972-07-06	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 499 (Zenit-4M #38, Rotor #38)	success
1972-07-07	Vandenberg	Titan 3D	KH-9 3 / Ursala 1	success
1972-07-10	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 500 (Tselina-O #15)	success
1972-07-12	Kapustin Yar	Kosmos-2 11K63	Kosmos 501 (DS-P1-Yu #56)	success
1972-07-13	Plesetsk	Soyuz-M 11A511M	Kosmos 502 (Zenit-4MT #2, Orion #2)	success
1972-07-19	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 503 (Zenit-4M #39, Rotor #39)	success
1972-07-20	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 504 - 511 (Strela-1M #25 - 32)	success
1972-07-23	Vandenberg	Delta 0100 0900	Landsat 1 (ERTS A)	success
1972-07-28	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 512 (Zenit-2M #30, Gektor #30)	success
1972-07-29	Baikonur	Proton K	Salyut (DOS 2)	failure
1972-08-02	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 513 (Zenit-4M #40, Rotor #40)	success
1972-08-13	Wallops Island	Scout D	Explorer 46 (MTS A)	success
1972-08-16	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 514 (Zaliv-GVM #3)	success
1972-08-18	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 515 (Zenit-4MK #8, Germes #8)	success
1972-08-19	Kagoshima	Mu Mu-4S	REXS (Denpa)	success
1972-08-21	Cape Canaveral	Atlas-Centaur Atlas SLV-3C / Centaur-D	OAO 3	success
1972-08-21	Baikonur	Tsyklon 2 11K69	Kosmos 516 (US-A #4)	success
1972-08-30	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 517 (Zenit-2M #31, Gektor #31)	success
1972-09-01	Vandenberg	Titan 3B 24B	KH-8 36	success
1972-09-02	Vandenberg	Scout B1	Triad 1 (TIP 1)	success
1972-09-02	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Zenit-4M #41 (Rotor #41)	failure
1972-09-15	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 518 (Zenit-2M #32, Gektor #32) & Nauka	success
1972-09-16	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 519 (Zenit-4M #42, Rotor #42)	success
1972-09-19	Plesetsk	Molniya-M	Kosmos 520 (US-K #1)	success
1972-09-23	Cape Canaveral	Delta 1000 1604	Explorer 47 (IMP H, IMP 7)	success
1972-09-29	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 521 (DS-P1-M #6)	success
1972-09-30	Plesetsk	Molniya-M	Molniya-2 3	success
1972-10-02	Vandenberg	Atlas-Burner Atlas SLV-3 / Burner-2	Radsat (P72-1a) / Radcat 2 (P72-1b)	success
1972-10-04	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 522 (Zenit-4M #43, Rotor #43)	success
1972-10-05	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	Kosmos 523 (DS-P1-Yu #57)	success
1972-10-10	Vandenberg	Titan 3D	KH-9 4 / P-801 4	success
1972-10-11	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	Kosmos 524 (DS-P1-Yu #58)	success
1972-10-14	Plesetsk	Molniya-M	Molniya-1 21 (Molniya-1 26L)	success
1972-10-15	Vandenberg	Delta 0100 0300	NOAA 2 / AMSAT P2A (OSCAR 6)	success
1972-10-17	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Strela-2M #6	failure
1972-10-18	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 525 (Zenit-2M #33, Gektor #33) & Nauka-16KS	success
1972-10-25	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	Kosmos 526 (DS-P1-Yu #59)	success
1972-10-26	Plesetsk	Vostok-2M 8A92M	Meteor-1 13	success
1972-10-31	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 527 (Zenit-4MK #9, Germes #9)	success
1972-11-01	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 528 - 535 (Strela-1M #33 - 40)	success
1972-11-03	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 536 (Tselina-O #16)	success
1972-11-09	Vandenberg	Thor-Burner Thor-LV2F Burner-2A	DMSP 6530	success
1972-11-10	Cape Canaveral	Delta 1000 1914	Anik A1	success
1972-11-15	San Marco	Scout D	Explorer 48 (SAS B)	success
1972-11-22	Vandenberg	Scout D	ESRO 4	success
1972-11-23	Baikonur	N1 11A52	LOK #1 / L3 Model #4	failure
1972-11-25	Baikonur	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 537 (Zenit-2M #34, Gektor #34)	success
1972-11-30	Plesetsk	Kosmos-2 11K63	Interkosmos 8 (DS-U1-IK #2)	success
1972-12-02	Baikonur	Molniya-M	Molniya-1 22 (Molniya-1 28L)	success
1972-12-07	Cape Canaveral	Saturn V	Apollo 17	success
1972-12-11	Vandenberg	Delta 0100 0900	Nimbus 5	success
1972-12-12	Plesetsk	Molniya-M	Molniya-2 4	success
1972-12-14	Plesetsk	Voskhod 11A57	Kosmos 538 (Zenit-4M #44, Rotor #44)	success
1972-12-16	Vandenberg	Scout D	Aeros 1	success
1972-12-20	Cape Canaveral	Atlas-Agena Atlas SLV-3A / Agena D	Canyon 5	success
1972-12-21	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 539 (Sfera #9)	success
1972-12-21	Vandenberg	Titan 3B 24B	KH-8 37	success
1972-12-25	Plesetsk	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Kosmos 540 (Strela-2M #7)	success
1972-12-27	Plesetsk	Soyuz-M 11A511M	Kosmos 541 (Zenit-4MT #3, Orion #3)	success
1972-12-28	Plesetsk	Vostok-2M 8A92M	Kosmos 542 (Tselina-D #4)	success