1979 in spaceflight
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{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Timeline of spaceflight/Cleanup|incomplete=yes|refs=yes}}
{{Infobox Year in spaceflight
|year = 1979
|image = Skylab and Earth Limb - GPN-2000-001055.jpg
|caption = The Skylab space station, which decayed from orbit on 11 July
|first= 11 January
|last= 28 December
|total= 110
|success=
|failed=
|partial=
|catalogued= 106
|maidens= Ariane 1
Scout G-1
SLV
|retired= Delta 2000
Mu-3C
Scout D-1
|firstlaunch =
|firsttrav = {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}
|orbital= 2
|totalcrew= 4
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| programme = Timeline of spaceflight
| previous_mission = 1978
| next_mission = 1980
}}
{{TLS-L|alignment=right|fixed=on}}
The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.
Launches
{{TLS-M|1979}}
{{TLS-H2}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"|
=January=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 January |time = 15:07{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1979-001A |title=Cosmos 1070 |website=NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive |publisher=NASA |access-date=24 October 2017}}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1070
|user =
|function = Reconnaissance
|orbit = Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = 20 January 1979
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 January |time = 15:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1071
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 January |time = 17:37
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC132/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (810 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1072 (Parus #17)
|user =
|function = Navigation
|orbit = Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 January |time = 15:42
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1750 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya 3-11
|user =
|function = Communications
|orbit = Extremely elliptical orbit (64.1 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 January |time = 05:43
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Vostok-2M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1100 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Meteor-Priroda 2-3 (Meteor-1 29)
|user =
|function = Meteorology
|orbit = SSO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 January |time = 15:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1073
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 January |time = 21:42
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Delta 2914
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Cape Canaveral pad LC 17B
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}} McDonnell Douglas
|remarks = Experimental military payload (360 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}SCATHA
|user = USAF
|function = Communications
Technology demo
|orbit = Extremely Elliptical Orbit (4.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = In orbit
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 31 January |time = 09:00:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (7000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1074
|user =
|function = Test flight
|orbit = Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=February=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 February |time = 08:46
|rocket = {{flagicon|Japan|1955}}N-I
|site = {{flagicon|Japan|1955}}Tanegashima, Osaki launch complex
|LSP = {{flagicon|Japan|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (260 kg). Spacecraft has failed 9 February 1979 during apogee kick motor burn after recontact with 3rd stage
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|Japan|1955}}{{Interlanguage link|Ayame 1|ja|あやめ (人工衛星)}} (ECS A)
|user =NASDA
|function = Communications
|orbit = Extremely Elliptical Orbit (0.7 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome =Partial failure }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 February |time = 10:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC132/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (1080 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1075
|user =
|function = Radar calibration
|orbit = Low Earth (65.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 February |time = 13:00:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Tsyklon-3
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC32/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (1900 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1076
|user =
|function = Earth observation
|orbit = Low Earth (82.5 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 February |time = 21:41
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Vostok-2M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (2500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1077
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 February |time = 15:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos (number not assigned)
|user =
|function =
|orbit = no
|d-date = 16 February 1979
|outcome = Failed to reach orbit}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 February |time = 18:59:00{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1979-013A |title=SAGE |website=NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive |publisher=NASA |access-date=18 October 2017 |archive-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213121152/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1979-013A |url-status=live }}
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Scout D-1 S202C
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Wallops LA-3A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}} NASA
|remarks = Civilian payload (148.7 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}SAGE
|user = NASA
|function = Earth observation
|orbit = Low Earth (54.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = 11 April 1989
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 February |time = 05:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|Japan|1955}}Mu-3C
|site = {{flagicon|Japan|1955}}Tanegashima, Mu launch complex
|LSP = {{flagicon|Japan|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (100 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|Japan|1955}}Hakucho (CORSA B)
|user =ISAS
|function = X-ray astronomy
|orbit = Low Earth (29.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = 16 April 1985
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 February |time = 07:49:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Proton-K/DM
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 200/40
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1970 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Ekran 3
|user =
|function = Satellite television
|orbit = GEO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 February |time = 12:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1078
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 February |time = 08:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Atlas F OIS
|flight=27F
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Vandenberg AFB SLC-3W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}USAF
|remarks = Military payload (1331 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Solwind (P78-1)
|user =USAF STP
|function = Solar physics research
|orbit = Low Earth (97.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = 13 September 1985
|outcome = Destroyed by ASAT}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 February |time = 11:53:49
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Crewed flight launching with two cosmonauts, remained in orbit past design life due to Soyuz 33 failure, returned to Earth uncrewed
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz 32
|user =
|function = Salyut 6 EO-3
|d-date = 13 June |d-time = 16:18:26
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 February |time = 15:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6700 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1079
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 February |time = 17:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1015 kg). Collaboration between USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland.
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Interkosmos 19
|user =Interkosmos
|function = Ionospheric research
|orbit = Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=March=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 March |time = 18:45:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Vostok-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1300 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Meteor-2-4
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 March |time = 05:47:28
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (7020 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Progress 5
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Salyut 6 orbit (Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination))
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 March |time = 10:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6700 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1080
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 March |time = 02:58
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (8x61 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1081–1088
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 March |time = 18:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Titan 3D
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Vandenberg pad SLC 4E
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (13300 kg to SSO, 60 kg to LEO (95.8 degrees))
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}unknown
|user =
|function =
|orbit = SSO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 March |time = 04:13
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (810 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1089
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 31 March |time = 10:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1090
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=April=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 April |time = 06:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (810 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1091
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 April |time = 17:34:34
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Bulgarian in space, main engine failed during rendezvous manoeuvres, docking aborted and spacecraft deorbited using backup engines
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz 33
|user =
|function = Taxi flight
|orbit = Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 6)
|d-date = 12 April |d-time = 16:35
|outcome = Spacecraft failure}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 April |time = 21:51
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (810 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1092
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 April |time = 00:28:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1600 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya 1-43
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 April |time = 05:27
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Vostok-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (2500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1093
|user =
|function = ELINT
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = 23 March 2000
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 18 April |time = 12:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (3000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1094
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 April |time = 11:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1095
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 April |time = 03:44:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Proton-K/DM
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (1965 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Raduga 5
|user =
|function =
|orbit = GEO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 April |time = 10:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2)
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (4000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1096
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 April |time = 17:15
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6700 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1097
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=May=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 4 May |time = 18:57:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Atlas SLV 3D
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Cape Canaveral pad LC 36A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (1884 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Fltsatcom-2
|user =
|function =
|orbit = GTO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 May |time = 04:17:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (7020 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Progress 6
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 May |time = 11:40
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1098
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 May |time = 07:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1099
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 May |time = 23:00:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Proton-K
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 81P (pad 24)
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (2x9000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1100 Kosmos 1101
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 May |time = 07:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1102
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 May |time = 18:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Titan 3B/Agena
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Vandenberg pad SLC 4W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (4000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}unknown
|user =
|function =
|orbit = SSO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 31 May |time = 16:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1103
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 31 May |time = 17:58
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (810 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1104
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=June=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2 June |time = 23:26
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Scout D-1 S198C
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Wallops LA-3A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|GB|1965}}Ariel 6
|user =
|function =
|orbit = unknown
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 June |time = 23:28
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1750 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya 3-12
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Extremely Elliptical Orbit (72.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 June |time = 18:12:41
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 31/5
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Launched uncrewed to replace Soyuz 32 which had passed the end of its design life, landed with two cosmonauts
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz 34
|user =
|function = Crew return
|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)
|d-date = 19 August |d-time = 12:29
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 June |time = 18:22:12
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Thor DSV-2U
|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-10W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA}}DMSP-5D1 F4 (AMS-4)
|user = US Air Force
|function = Weather
|orbit = Low Earth
|outcome = Successful
|d-date = In orbit}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 June |time = 10:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kapustin Yar pad LC 107
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (441 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|India|1955}}Bhaskar 1
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 8 June |time = 07:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1105
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 June |time = 13:30:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Titan 3C/Transtage
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Cape Canaveral pad LC 40
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (1170 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}DSP 11
|user =
|function =
|orbit = GEO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 June |time = 07:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1106
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.4 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 15 June |time = 10:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1107
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 June |time = 07:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1108
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 June |time = 15:51:59
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Atlas F
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Vandenberg pad SLC 3W
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (723 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}NOAA 6(NOAA A)
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (98.5 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 June |time = 18:11:23
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (1250 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1109
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Extremely Elliptical Orbit (62.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 June |time = 09:25:11
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1020 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Progress 7
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Salyut 6 orbit(51.6 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 June |time = 20:09
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (875 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1110
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 29 June |time = 16:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1111
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=July=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 July |time = 23:19:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Proton-K/DM
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (2120 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Gorizont 2
|user =
|function =
|orbit = GEO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 6 July |time = 08:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kapustin Yar pad LC 107
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (1190 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1112
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 July |time = 09:00:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1113
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 July |time = 15:41
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (900 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1114
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 13 July |time = 08:25
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1115
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 July |time = 11:58
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Vostok-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (2500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1116
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 July |time = 15:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1117
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 July |time = 07:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1118
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date = 27 July |time = 21:28
|rocket = {{flagicon|PRC|1955}}Feng Bao 1
|site = {{flagicon|PRC|1955}}Jiquan Satellite Launch Center LA-2B (Site 138)
|LSP = {{flagicon|PRC|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (770 kg). Second stage malfunction
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|PRC|1955}}Shi Jian (2)
|user =
|function = Micrometeoroid research, electromagnetic background research
|orbit = Intended: Low Earth
|d-date = 27 July
|outcome = Failure
|d-span =3
|o-span =3}}{{TLS-PL
|name ={{flagicon|PRC}}Shi Jian (2A)
|cubesat =
|user =
|orbit =Intended: Low Earth
|function =Ionosphere research
|d-date =
|d-time =
|outcome =
|d-span =inherit
|o-span =inherit
}}{{TLS-PL
|name ={{flagicon|PRC}} Shi Jian (2B)
|cubesat =
|user =
|orbit =Intended: Low Earth
|function =Radar calibration
|d-date =
|d-time =
|outcome =
|d-span =inherit
|o-span =inherit
}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 31 July |time = 03:56
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1600 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya 1-44
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.2 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=August=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 August |time = 10:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1119
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 August |time = 00:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Delta 2914
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}} McDonnell Douglas
|remarks = Commercial payload (574 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Westar 3(Westar C)
|user =
|function =
|orbit = GTO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 10 August |time = 02:28
|rocket = {{flagicon|India|1955}}SLV
|site = {{flagicon|India|1955}}Satish Dhawan Space Centre pad SLV
|LSP = {{flagicon|India|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (30 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|India|1955}}Rohini RS-1
|user =
|function =
|orbit =
|d-date = 10 August 1979
|outcome = Failed to reach orbit due control valve malfunction in 2nd stage}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 August |time = 09:15:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1120
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (70.4 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 August |time = 15:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6700 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1121
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (67.2 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 17 August |time = 07:45
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1122
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 August |time = 11:10
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1123
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 August |time = 00:17:04
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (1250 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1124
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Extremely Elliptical Orbit (68 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Launch successful. Satellite exploded 9 September 1979 into 8 pieces.}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 August |time = 00:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (875 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1125
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 31 August |time = 11:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1126
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=September=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 September |time = 10:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1127
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 14 September |time = 15:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1128
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 September |time = 05:28
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Atlas SLV 3D
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Cape Canaveral pad LC 36B
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (3150 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}HEAO 3(HEAO C)
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (43.6 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 September |time = 15:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1129
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 25 September |time = 21:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (8x61 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1130–1137
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 September |time = 12:20
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1138
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=October=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 October |time = 11:22:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Titan 3C/Transtage
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Cape Canaveral pad LC 40
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (820 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}unknown
|user =
|function =
|orbit = unknown
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 3 October |time = 17:12:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Proton-K/DM
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1970 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Ekran 4
|user =
|function =
|orbit = GEO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 October |time = 11:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (5500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1139
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 11 October |time = 16:36
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (875 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1140
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (74.1 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 October |time = 12:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks =
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos, number not assigned
|user =
|function =
|orbit =
|d-date = 12 October 1979
|outcome = Failed to reach orbit}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 October |time = 12:17
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (810 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1141
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 20 October |time = 07:03
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1600 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya 1-45
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.7 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 22 October |time = 12:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1142
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 26 October |time = 18:12
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Vostok-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (2500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1143
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 30 October |time = 14:16
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Scout G-1 S203C
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Vandenberg SLC-5
|remarks = Civilian payload (181 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Magsat
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (96.8 degrees inclination)
|d-date = 11 June 1980
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 31 October |time = 09:25:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Vostok-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1300 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Meteor 2-5
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=November=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 1 November |time = 08:05
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (1100 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Interkosmos 20
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 2 November |time = 16:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6700 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1144
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 21 November |time = 02:09:36
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Titan 3C/Transtage
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Cape Canaveral pad LC 40
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (2x612 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}DSCS 2 13, DSCS 2 14
|user =
|function =
|orbit = GEO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 27 November |time = 09:55
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Vostok-M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (2500 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1145
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|colspan=8 style="background:white;"| {{TLS-M|1979}}
=December=
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 5 December |time = 09:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (1000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1146
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (65.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 7 December |time = 01:35
|rocket = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Delta 3914
|site = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A
|LSP = {{flagicon|USA|1955}} McDonnell Douglas
|remarks = Commercial payload (895 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}}Satcom 3(Satcom C)
|user =
|function =
|orbit = GTO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Satellite failed while being on the GTO, has been destroyed}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 12 December |time = 12:30
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1147
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 16 December |time = 12:29:50
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Salyut 6 orbit boost mission completed
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz T-1
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination)
|d-date = 21:47, 25 March 1980
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 December | time = 17:14:38
|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}}Ariane 1
|site = {{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-1
|LSP = ESA
|remarks = Maiden flight of the Ariane 1, and the Ariane familyHughes, J. (1996) Larousse Desk Reference Encloypedia London RD Press
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|user = ESA
|function = Technology
|orbit = Low Earth
|d-date = 27 November 1989
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 December |time = 11:51:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Proton-K/DM
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Civilian payload (2120 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Gorizont 3
|user =
|function =
|orbit = GEO
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 28 December |time = 13:00
|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U
|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}
|remarks = Military payload (6000 kg)
|payload = {{TLS-PL
|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1148
|user =
|function =
|orbit = Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination)
|d-date = unknown
|outcome = Successful}}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|1979}}
Deep Space Rendezvous
| class=wikitable width="100%"
!Date (GMT) !Spacecraft !Event !Remarks | |||
| 5 March | Voyager 1 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: {{convert|280000|km}} |
| 9 July | Voyager 2 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: {{convert|645000|km}} |
| 1 September | Pioneer 11 | Flyby of Saturn | Closest approach: {{convert|20900|km}} |
EVAs
| class="wikitable" width="100%" |
| Start Date/Time
!Duration !End Time !Spacecraft !Crew !Remarks |
|---|
| 15 August 14:16 |1 hour |15:39 |{{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Valery Ryumin |Removed the KRT-10 antenna that had failed to separate from Salyut and had fouled the aft docking port target. After disposing of the antenna, Ryumin collected samples of damaged insulation and a retrieved a micrometeoroid detector.{{cite web|url=http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections/TRS/_techrep/RP1357.pdf |title=Mir Hardware Heritage |last=Portree |first=David S. F. |date=March 1995 |publisher=NASA |page=83 |access-date=2009-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224205405/http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections/TRS/_techrep/RP1357.pdf |archive-date=24 February 2009 |url-status = dead}} |
References
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=Footnotes=
{{reflist}}
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{{Orbital launches in 1979}}