List of R-7 launches (1970–1974)

This is a list of launches made by the R-7 Semyorka ICBM, and its derivatives between 1970 and 1974. All launches are orbital satellite launches, unless stated otherwise.

Date and time (GMT) Configuration Serial number Launch site Result Payload Remarks1970 9 January 1970, 09:20 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 318 (Zenit-2M) 21 January 1970, 12:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 322 (Zenit-4) 10 February 1970, 12:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 323 (Zenit-4) 19 February 1970, 18:57 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Molniya-1-13 4 March 1970, 12:14 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 325 (Zenit-2) 13 March 1970, 08:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 326 (Zenit-2) 17 March 1970, 11:10 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Meteor-1-3 27 March 1970, 11:45 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 328 (Zenit-4MK) 3 April 1970, 08:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 329 (Zenit-2M) 8 April 1970, 10:15 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 331 (Zenit-4) 15 April 1970, 09:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 333 (Zenit-4M) 28 April 1970, 10:50 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Meteor-1-4 12 May 1970, 10:10 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 344 (Zenit-2) 20 May 1970, 09:20 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 345 (Zenit-4) 1 June 1970, 19:00 Soyuz(11A511) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Soyuz 9 Crewed orbital flight, two cosmonauts 10 June 1970, 09:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 346 (Zenit-4) 17 June 1970, 12:59 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 349 (Zenit-4) 23 June 1970, 14:15 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Meteor-1-5 26 June 1970, 03:23 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Molniya-1-14 26 June 1970, 12:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 350 (Zenit-2M) 7 July 1970, 10:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 352 (Zenit-4) 9 July 1970, 13:35 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 353 (Zenit-2M) 21 July 1970, 12:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Failure Zenit-4 Depressurization of the gyroscope package led to loss of control at T+146 seconds 7 August 1970, 09:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 355 (Zenit-4) 17 August 1970, 05:38 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Venera 7 22 August 1970, 05:06 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-31/6, Baikonur Failure Kosmos 359 (Venera 3V (V-70)) The escape stage Block L's engine 11D33 was late igniting and cut off early at 25 seconds after firing due to abnormal operation of the sequencer and a DC transformer failure. 29 August 1970, 08:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 360 (Zenit-4M) 8 September 1970, 10:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 361 (Zenit-4M) 17 September 1970, 08:10 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 363 (Zenit-2M) 22 September 1970, 13:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 364 (Zenit-4MK) 29 September 1970, 08:14 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Molniya-1-15 1 October 1970, 08:20 Voskhod(11A57) LC-1/5, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 366 (Zenit-2M) 8 October 1970, 12:39 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 368 (Zenit-2M) 9 October 1970, 11:04 Voskhod(11A57) LC-1/5, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 370 (Zenit-4M) 15 October 1970, 11:22 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Meteor-1-6 30 October 1970, 13:20 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 376 (Zenit-4M) 11 November 1970, 09:20 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 377 (Zenit-2M) 24 November 1970, 05:15 Soyuz-L(11A511L) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 379 (Lunny Korabl) Test of the LK lunar lander in Earth orbit. 27 November 1970, 15:47 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Molniya-1-16 3 December 1970, 13:55 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 383 (Zenit-4MK) 10 December 1970, 11:10 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 384 (Zenit-2M) 15 December 1970, 10:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 386 (Zenit-4M) 18 December 1970, 16:15 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 389 (Tselina-D) 25 December 1970, 03:50 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-1/5, Baikonur Successful Molniya-1-17 1971 12 January 1971, 09:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 390 (Zenit-4M) 20 January 1971, 11:24 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Meteor-1-7 21 January 1971, 08:40 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 392 (Zenit-2M) 18 February 1971, 13:59 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 396 (Zenit-4M) 26 February 1971, 05:06 Soyuz-L(11A511L) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 398 (Lunny Korabl) Test of the LK lunar lander in Earth orbit. 3 March 1971, 09:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 399 (Zenit-4M) 5 March 1971, 01:02 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Failure Zenit-2M Power failure at strap-on separation 27 March 1971, 10:59 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 401 (Zenit-4M) 2 April 1971, 08:20 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 403 (Zenit-2M) 7 April 1971, 07:10 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 405 (Tselina-D) 14 April 1971, 08:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 406 (Zenit-4M) 17 April 1971, 11:44 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Meteor-1-8 22 April 1971, 23:54 Soyuz(11A511) LC-1/5, Baikonur Successful Soyuz 10 Crewed orbital flight, 3 cosmonautsDocking system malfunction prevented docking with Salyut 1 6 May 1971, 06:20 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 410 (Zenit-2M) 18 May 1971, 08:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 420 (Zenit-4M) 28 May 1971, 10:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 424 (Zenit-4M) 6 June 1971, 04:55 Soyuz(11A511) LC-1/5, Baikonur Successful Soyuz 11 Crewed orbital flight, 3 cosmonautsFirst space station mission, docked with Salyut 1Pressure leak during re-entry led to loss of crew 11 June 1971, 10:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 427 (Zenit-4MK) 24 June 1971, 07:59 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 428 (Zenit-2M) 25 June 1971, 10:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Failure Zenit-4M Electrical malfunction led to low thrust from Blok B strap-on. Booster crashed downrange at T+95 seconds. 16 July 1971, 01:41 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Meteor-1-9 20 July 1971, 10:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 429 (Zenit-4M) 23 July 1971, 11:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 430 (Zenit-4M) 28 July 1971, 03:29 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Molniya-1-18 30 July 1971, 08:29 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 431 (Zenit-2M) 5 August 1971, 10:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 432 (Zenit-4M) 12 August 1971, 05:30 Soyuz-L(11A511L) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 434 (Lunny Korabl) Test of the LK lunar lander in Earth orbit. 19 August 1971, 06:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Failure Zenit-4M Low thrust results in Blok V breaking off the stack at T+115 seconds and automatic shutdown command 14 September 1971, 13:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 438 (Zenit-4MK) 21 September 1971, 12:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 439 (Zenit-2M) 28 September 1971, 07:40 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 441 (Zenit-4M) 29 September 1971, 11:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 442 (Zenit-4M) 7 October 1971, 12:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 443 (Zenit-2M) 14 October 1971, 09:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 452 (Zenit-4M) 2 November 1971, 14:25 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 454 (Zenit-2M) 19 November 1971, 12:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 456 (Zenit-4M) 24 November 1971, 09:30 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Molniya-2-1 3 December 1971, 13:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Failure Zenit-2M Ingested debris caused the Blok A engines to shut down at liftoff. Launch vehicle crashed near the pad. 6 December 1971, 09:50 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 463 (Zenit-4M) 10 December 1971, 11:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 464 (Zenit-4M) 16 December 1971, 09:39 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 466 (Zenit-4M) 19 December 1971, 22:50 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Molniya-1-19 27 December 1971, 14:04 Soyuz-M(11A511M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 470 (Zenit-4MT) First flight of the Soyuz-M. 29 December 1971, 10:50 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Meteor-1-10 1972 12 January 1972, 09:59 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 471 (Zenit-4M) 3 February 1972, 08:40 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 473 (Zenit-2M) 16 February 1972, 09:30 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 474 (Zenit-4M) 1 March 1972, 11:15 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 476 (Tselina-D) 4 March 1972, 10:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 477 (Zenit-2M) 15 March 1972, 13:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 478 (Zenit-4M) 27 March 1972, 04:15 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Venera 8 30 March 1972, 14:05 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Meteor-1-11 31 March 1972, 04:02 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-31/6, Baikonur Failure Kosmos 482 (Venera 3V (V-72)) The escape stage Block L's engine cut off 125 seconds after ignition due to timer failure. 3 April 1972, 10:15 Voskhod(11A57) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 483 (Zenit-4M) 4 April 1972, 20:38 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Molniya-1-20 6 April 1972, 08:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 484 (Zenit-2M) 7 April 1972, 10:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Interkosmos 6 14 April 1972, 00:54 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Prognoz 1 14 April 1972, 08:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 486 (Zenit-4M) 5 May 1972, 11:20 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 488 (Zenit-4MK) 17 May 1972, 10:19 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 490 (Zenit-2M) 19 May 1972, 14:30 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Molniya-2-2 25 May 1972, 06:35 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 491 (Zenit-4M) 9 June 1972, 06:59 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 492 (Zenit-4M) 21 June 1972, 06:25 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 493 (Zenit-2M) 23 June 1972, 11:19 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 495 (Zenit-4M) 26 June 1972, 14:53 Soyuz(11A511) LC-1/5, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 496 (Soyuz 7K-T) Uncrewed test of redesigned Soyuz spacecraft 29 June 1972, 03:47 Molniya-M(8K78M) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Prognoz 2 30 June 1972, 18:52 Vostok-2M(8A92M) LC-41/1, Plesetsk Successful Meteor-1-12 6 July 1972, 10:40 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 499 (Zenit-4M) 13 July 1972, 14:30 Soyuz-M(11A511M) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 502 (Zenit-4MT) 19 July 1972, 13:45 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/3, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 503 (Zenit-4M) 28 July 1972, 10:19 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 512 (Zenit-2M) 2 August 1972, 08:15 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 513 (Zenit-4M) 18 August 1972, 10:00 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 515 (Zenit-4MK) 30 August 1972, 08:19 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 517 (Zenit-2M) 2 September 1972, 10:50 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Failure Zenit-4M Vernier malfunction at T+85 seconds leading to control failure and launch vehicle breakup. 15 September 1972, 09:40 Voskhod(11A57) LC-43/4, Plesetsk Successful Kosmos 518 (Zenit-2M) 16 September 1972, 08:20 Voskhod(11A57) LC-31/6, Baikonur Successful Kosmos 519 (Zenit-4M) 19 Septembe