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Orbital launches in 1973

Attempts109

Successes10193%

Failures7

Busiest vehicleVoskhod 11A5732

By country

Soviet Union85

United States22

France (incl. Ariane)1

China1

By vehicle family

Voskhod 11A5732

Kosmos 11K65M17

Kosmos 11K6310

Molniya 8K78M10

Soyuz 11A5114

Titan IIID3

Vostok 8A92M3

Titan 24B3

Soyuz-U3

Saturn IB3

Proton-K2

Tsiklon-22

Nearby years

1968122

1969115

1970119

1971126

1972108

1973 ◀109

1974110

1975128

1976129

1977128

1978123

All launches

Date	Payload	Vehicle	Site	Result
1973-01-11	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-5	Success
1973-01-20	Tselina-OM	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-01-24	DS-P1-Yu No. 62	Kosmos 11K63	NIIP-53	Success
1973-01-26	Tsiklon GVM	Kosmos 11K65M	GTsP-4	Success
1973-02-01	Zenit-2M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-5	Success
1973-02-03	Molniya-1 11F67 No. 31	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-5	Success
1973-02-08	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-02-15	SO-M No. 502	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-5	Success
1973-02-28	Tselina-OM	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-03-01	Zenit-4MK	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-03-06	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-5	Success
1973-03-06	RHYOLITE 2	Atlas SLV-3A Agena D	CC	Success
1973-03-09	HEXAGON SV-5	Titan IIID	VS	Success
1973-03-20	Meteor-M No. 29	Vostok 8A92M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-03-22	Zenit-2M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-04-03	Almaz OPS 1	Proton-K	NIIP-5	Success
1973-04-05	Molniya-2	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-04-12	DS-P1-Yu No. 55	Kosmos 11K63	NIIP-53	Success
1973-04-19	Zenit-4MK	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-04-19	DS-U2-IK Kopernik-500	Kosmos 11K63	GTsP-4	Success
1973-04-20	Anik A2	Delta 1914	CC	Success
1973-04-25	US-A	Tsiklon-2	NIIP-5	Failure
1973-04-25	Zenit-2M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-05-05	Zenit-4MK	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-05-11	DOS 3	Proton-K	NIIP-5	Success
1973-05-14	Skylab I OWS	Saturn V	KSC	Success
1973-05-16	GAMBIT-3 Mission 4338	Titan 24B	VS	Success
1973-05-17	DS-P1-Yu No. 65	Kosmos 11K63	NIIP-53	Success
1973-05-18	Zenit-4MK	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1973-05-21	D-5B	Diamant B	CSG	Failure
1973-05-23	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-05-25	Zaliv	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Failure
1973-05-25	Apollo CM-116	Saturn IB	KSC	Success
1973-05-25	Zenit-2M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-05-29	Meteor-M No. 27	Vostok 8A92M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-06-05	DS-P1-Yu No. 66	Kosmos 11K63	NIIP-53	Success
1973-06-06	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-06-08	Strela-1M	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-06-10	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-5	Success
1973-06-12	DSP 2	Titan IIIC	CC	Success
1973-06-15	Soyuz 7K-T No. 36	Soyuz 11A511	NIIP-5	Success
1973-06-20	Zaliv	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-06-21	Zenit-2M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-06-26	Tselina-OM	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Other
1973-06-26	GAMBIT-3 Mission 4339	Titan 24B	VS	Failure
1973-06-27	Zenit-4MT	Soyuz 11A511M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-07-04	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Failure
1973-07-11	Molniya-2	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-07-13	HEXAGON SV-6	Titan IIID	VS	Success
1973-07-16	ITOS E	Delta 0300	V	Failure
1973-07-25	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-07-28	Apollo CM-117	Saturn IB	KSC	Success
1973-08-01	Zenit-2M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-08-17	DMSP Block 5B F-4	Thor Burner 2A	V	Success
1973-08-21	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-08-21	Jumpseat 3	Titan 33B	VS	Success
1973-08-22	DS-P1-Yu No. 59	Kosmos 11K63	NIIP-53	Success
1973-08-23	INTELSAT IV F7	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur	CC	Success
1973-08-24	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-5	Success
1973-08-28	Tselina-OM	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-08-30	Molniya-1	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-08-30	Zenit-2M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-5	Success
1973-09-06	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-09-08	Geoid	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-09-14	Zaliv	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-09-18	JSSW	Feng Bao 1	JQ	Failure
1973-09-21	Zenit-4MK	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1973-09-27	Soyuz 7K-T No. 37	Soyuz 11A511	NIIP-5	Success
1973-09-27	GAMBIT-3 Mission 4340	Titan 24B	VS	Success
1973-10-02	Strela-1M	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-03	Zenit-2M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-06	Zenit-4MK	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-10	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-15	Zenit-2M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-5	Success
1973-10-16	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-16	DS-P1-Yu No. 60	Kosmos 11K63	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-19	Molniya-2	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-20	Zenit-4MK	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-26	IMP J	Delta 1604	CC	Success
1973-10-27	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-29	Tselina-D	Vostok 8A92M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-30	NNS O-20	Scout A-1	VS	Success
1973-10-30	DS-U2-IK No. 3	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-10-31	Bion No. 1	Soyuz-U	NIIP-53	Success
1973-11-02	Oko	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-11-06	ITOS F	Delta 0300	V	Success
1973-11-10	Zenit-4MK	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-11-10	HEXAGON SV-7	Titan IIID	VS	Success
1973-11-14	Molniya-1 11F67 No. 32	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-5	Success
1973-11-16	CM-118	Saturn IB	KSC	Success
1973-11-20	DS-P1-Yu No. 69	Kosmos 11K63	NIIP-53	Success
1973-11-21	Zenit-4M	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-5	Success
1973-11-27	Tselina-OM	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-11-28	DS-P1-Yu No. 64	Kosmos 11K63	NIIP-53	Success
1973-11-28	Zenit-4MK	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-11-30	Soyuz 7K-T No. 34A	Soyuz 11A511	NIIP-5	Success
1973-11-30	Molniya-1	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-12-04	Strela-2M	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-12-13	DS-P1-I No. 13	Kosmos 11K63	NIIP-53	Success
1973-12-13	DSCS II B-3	Titan IIIC	CC	Success
1973-12-16	AE-C	Delta 1900	V	Success
1973-12-17	Zenit-4MT	Soyuz 11A511M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-12-18	Soyuz 7K-T No. 33	Soyuz 11A511	NIIP-5	Success
1973-12-19	Strela-1M	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-12-21	Zenit-4MK	Voskhod 11A57	NIIP-53	Success
1973-12-25	Molniya-2	Molniya 8K78M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-12-26	DS-U2-GKA No. 2	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success
1973-12-27	US-A reactor	Tsiklon-2	NIIP-5	Success
1973-12-29	Zaliv	Kosmos 11K65M	NIIP-53	Success

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Counts orbital launch attempts (successes and failures); suborbital flights excluded. Countries are those of the launching agency.