January 1972
12 Jan
Kosmos 471
Voskhod20 Jan
OPS-1737
Titan23 Jan
Intelsat 4 F4
Atlas25 Jan
Kosmos 472
Kosmos31 Jan
HEOS-2
Delta
February 1972
3 Feb
Kosmos 473
Voskhod14 Feb
Luna 20
Proton16 Feb
Kosmos 474
Voskhod16 Feb
OPS-1844
Titan25 Feb
Kosmos 475
Kosmos
March 1972
1 Mar
OPS-1570
Titan1 Mar
Kosmos 476
Vostok3 Mar
Pioneer 10
Atlas4 Mar
Kosmos 477
Voskhod12 Mar
TD-1A
Delta15 Mar
Kosmos 478
Voskhod17 Mar
OPS-1678
Titan22 Mar
Kosmos 479
Kosmos24 Mar
DMSP-5B-F2
Thor25 Mar
Kosmos 481
Kosmos25 Mar
Kosmos 480
Kosmos27 Mar
Venera 8
Molniya30 Mar
Meteor-1-11
Vostok31 Mar
Kosmos 482
Molniya
April 1972
3 Apr
Kosmos 483
Voskhod4 Apr
Molniya-1-20
Molniya6 Apr
Kosmos 484
Voskhod7 Apr
Interkosmos 6
Voskhod11 Apr
Kosmos 485
Kosmos14 Apr
Prognoz 1
Molniya14 Apr
Kosmos 486
Voskhod16 Apr
Apollo 16
Saturn V19 Apr
KH-4B
Thor21 Apr
Kosmos 487
Kosmos25 Apr
Kosmos 488
Kosmos
May 1972
5 May
Kosmos 488
Voskhod6 May
Kosmos 489
Kosmos17 May
Kosmos 490
Voskhod19 May
Molniya-2-2
Molniya20 May
OPS-6574
Titan24 May
SSTTP M2-10
Titan25 May
Kosmos 491
Voskhod25 May
KH-4B
Thor
June 1972
9 Jun
Kosmos 492
Voskhod13 Jun
Intelsat 4 F5
Atlas21 Jun
Kosmos 493
Voskhod23 Jun
Kosmos 494
Kosmos23 Jun
Kosmos 495
Voskhod26 Jun
Kosmos 496
Soyuz29 Jun
Prognoz 2
Molniya30 Jun
Kosmos 497
Kosmos30 Jun
Interkosmos 7
Kosmos30 Jun
Meteor-1-12
Vostok
July 1972
5 Jul
Kosmos 498
Kosmos6 Jul
Kosmos 499
Voskhod7 Jul
OPS-7293
Titan10 Jul
Kosmos 500
Kosmos12 Jul
Kosmos 501
Kosmos13 Jul
Kosmos 502
Soyuz19 Jul
Kosmos 503
Voskhod20 Jul
Kosmos 504-511
Kosmos23 Jul
Landsat 1
Delta28 Jul
Kosmos 512
Voskhod29 Jul
DOS-2
Proton
August 1972
2 Aug
Kosmos 513
Voskhod13 Aug
Explorer 46
Scout16 Aug
Kosmos 514
Kosmos18 Aug
Kosmos 515
Voskhod19 Aug
REXS
Mu21 Aug
OAO-3
Atlas21 Aug
Kosmos 516
Tsyklon30 Aug
Kosmos 517
Voskhod
September 1972
1 Sep
OPS-8888
Titan2 Sep
Zenit-4M
Voskhod2 Sep
Triad 1
Scout15 Sep
Kosmos 518
Voskhod16 Sep
Kosmos 519
Voskhod19 Sep
Kosmos 520
Molniya23 Sep
Explorer 47
Delta29 Sep
Kosmos 521
Kosmos30 Sep
Molniya-2-3
Molniya
October 1972
2 Oct
P72-1
Atlas4 Oct
Kosmos 522
Voskhod5 Oct
Kosmos 523
Kosmos10 Oct
OPS-8314
Titan11 Oct
Kosmos 524
Kosmos11 Oct
SSTTP M2-14
Titan14 Oct
Molniya-1-21
Molniya15 Oct
NOAA-2
Delta17 Oct
Kosmos 525
Kosmos18 Oct
Kosmos 525
Voskhod25 Oct
Kosmos 526
Kosmos26 Oct
Meteor-1-13
Vostok31 Oct
Kosmos 527
Voskhod
November 1972
1 Nov
Kosmos 528-535
Kosmos3 Nov
Kosmos 536
Kosmos9 Nov
DMSP-5B-F3
Thor10 Nov
Anik-A1
Delta15 Nov
Explorer 48
Scout22 Nov
ESRO 4
Scout23 Nov
25 Nov
Kosmos 537
Voskhod30 Nov
Interkosmos 8
Kosmos
December 1972
2 Dec
Molniya-1-22
Molniya7 Dec
Apollo 17
Saturn V11 Dec
Nimbus-5
Delta12 Dec
Molniya-2-4
Molniya14 Dec
Kosmos 538
Voskhod16 Dec
Aeros-A
Scout20 Dec
AFP-827
Atlas21 Dec
Kosmos 539
Kosmos21 Dec
OPS-3978
Titan25 Dec
Kosmos 540
Kosmos27 Dec
Kosmos 541
Soyuz28 Dec
Kosmos 542
Vostok