1980 in spaceflight

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{{Infobox Year in spaceflight

|year = 1980

|image = EC Voyager Saturn.jpg

|caption = Voyager 1 flew past Saturn on 12 November

|first= 9 January

|last= 26 December

|total= 108

|success= 102

|failed= 6

|partial= 0

|catalogued= 105

|maidens= Mu-3S

|retired= Thor DSV-2U

|firstlaunch = {{IND}}

|firsttrav = {{HUN}}
{{VIE}}
{{CUB}}

|orbital= 6

|totalcrew= 13

}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| programme = Timeline of spaceflight

| previous_mission = 1979

| next_mission = 1981

}}

The following is an outline of 1980 in spaceflight.

Launches

|colspan="8"|

= January =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 9 January |time = 12:15

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1149 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 23 January

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 11 January |time = 12:28

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M/ML

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 1-46

|user =

|function = Communications

|orbit = Molniya

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 22 October 1992}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 18 January |time = 01:26:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-36A

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 6293 (FLTSATCOM 3)

|user = US Navy

|function = Communication

|orbit = Geostationary

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 14 January |time = 19:49

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132/2

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1150 (Parus)

|user =

|function = Navigation

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 23 January |time = 07:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Tsyklon-3

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 32/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Prototype oceanography satellite, not equipped with radar

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1151 (Okean-E No.2)

|user =

|function = Technology

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 24 January |time = 15:45

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1152 (Yantar-2K No.928)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 6 February

|outcome = Partial spacecraft failure}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 25 January |time = 20:36

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132/2

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1153 (Parus)

|user =

|function = Navigation

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 30 January |time = 12:51

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Vostok-2M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/4

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1154 (Tselina-D)

|user =

|function = SIGINT

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 5 November 2002}}

}}

|colspan="8"|

= February =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 7 February |time = 11:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/4

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1155 (Zenit-6)

|user =GRU

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 21 February

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 7 February |time = 21:10

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Titan III(23)D

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-4E

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 2581 (KH-11)

|user = NRO

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 30 October 1982}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 9 February |time = 23:08

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas E/F-SGS-1

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3E

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA|1955}} OPS 5117 (Navstar 5)

|user =

|function = Navigation

|orbit = Medium Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=8

|date = 11 February |time = 23:32

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 132/2

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1156 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1157 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1158 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1159 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1160 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1161 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1162 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1163 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 12 February |time = 00:53

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M/2BL

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 43/4

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Upper stage malfunction

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1164 (Oko)

|user =

|function = Missile defence

|orbit = Intended: Molniya
Achieved: Highly elliptical

|outcome = Launch failure

|d-date = 12 February}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 14 February |time = 15:57

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta 3910

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-17A

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks = Spacecraft's attitude control system malfunctioned ten months after launch, subsequently repaired by {{OV|099}} during STS-41-C in April 1984

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}} SolarMax

|user=NASA

|function=Solar

|orbit=Low Earth

|d-date = 2 December 1989

|outcome=Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 17 February |time = 00:40

|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Mu-3S

|site = {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kagoshima LA-M

|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} ISAS

|remarks = Maiden flight of Mu-3S

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tansei-4

|user=ISAS

|function=Technology

|orbit=Low Earth

|d-date = 12 May 1983

|outcome=Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 20 February |time = 08:05:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Proton-K/DM

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 200/39

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Gran' No.16L (Raduga)

|user =

|function = Communications

|orbit = Geosynchronous

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 21 February |time = 12:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/4

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1165 (Zenit-4MKM)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 5 March

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 22 February |time = 08:35

|rocket = {{flagicon|JPN|1870}}{{flagicon|USA}} N-I

|site = {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tanagashima LA-O

|LSP = {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} NASDA

|remarks = Spacecraft's apogee motor malfunctioned, leaving it with a perigee ~4,000 km (~2,500 mi) short of geostationary orbit.

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Ayame-2

|user=NASDA

|function=Technology

|orbit=Intended: Geostationary
Achieved: Transfer

|outcome=Spacecraft failure}}

}}

|colspan="8"|

= March =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=4

|date = 3 March |time = 09:27

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas E/F-MSD

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Vandenberg SLC-3W

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 7245 (MSD)

|user = NRO

|function = Dispenser

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} {{nowrap|OPS 7245 SSU-1 (NOSS SSU)}}

|user = NRO

|function = ELINT

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 7245 SSU-2 (NOSS SSU)

|user = NRO

|function = ELINT

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 7245 SSU-3 (NOSS SSU)

|user = NRO

|function = ELINT

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 2 April 2021

|d-time = 16:08{{cite tweet |author-link=Jonathan McDowell |last=McDowell |first=Jonathan |user=planet4589 |number=1378541631117402114 |title=One of the NRO PARCAE 3 signals intelligence sats launched in March 1980 reentered east of Christchurch, New Zealand on Apr 2 at 1608 UTC. |date=3 April 2021 }}

|outcome = Successful

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 4 March |time = 10:30

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/4

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1166 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 18 March

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 14 March |time = 10:40

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Tsyklon-2

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 90

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1167 (US-P)

|user =

|function = ELINT

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 1 October 1981

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 17 March |time = 21:37

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1168 (Tsikada)

|user =

|function = Navigation

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 27 March |time = 07:30

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1169 (Taifun-1)

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 March 1983}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 27 March |time = 11:38:22

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 31/6

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Progress 8

|user =

|function = Station resupply

|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)

|d-date = 26 April |d-time = 07:40

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

|colspan="8"|

= April =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 1 April |time = 08:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 31/6

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1170 (Zenit-4MKM)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 12 April

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 3 April |time = 07:40

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 132/2

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Target for Kosmos 1174, which failed to intercept it

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1171 (Lira)

|user =

|function = ASAT target

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 9 April |time = 11:38:22

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 31/6

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Crewed flight with two cosmonauts

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz 35

|user =

|function = Salyut 6 EO-4

|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)

|d-date = 3 June |d-time = 15:06

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 12 April |time = 20:18

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M/2BL

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Replacement for Kosmos 1109

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1172 (Oko)

|user =

|function = Missile defence

|orbit = Molniya

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 26 December 1997}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 17 April |time = 08:30

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 31/6

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1173 (Zenit-4MKM)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 28 April

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 18 April |time = 00:51

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Tsyklon-2

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 90

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Failed to intercept Kosmos 1171

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1174 (IS-A)

|user =

|function = ASAT test

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 20 April 1981

|outcome = Spacecraft failure}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 18 April |time = 17:31

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M/ML

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Upper stage malfunction

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1175 (Molniya-3 No.26)

|user =

|function = Communications

|orbit = Intended: Molniya
Achieved: Low Earth

|outcome = Launch failure

|d-date = 29 September}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 26 April |time = 22:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Atlas E/F-SGS-1

|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-3E

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}OPS 5118 (Navstar 6)

|user = US Air Force

|function = Navigation

|orbit = Medium Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 27 April |time = 06:24:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Progress 9

|user =

|function = Station resupply

|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)

|d-date = 22 May |d-time = 01:30

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 29 April |time = 11:40

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Tsyklon-2

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 90

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Demonstration of new nuclear reactor safety systems

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos 1176 (US-A)

|user =

|function = Technology

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 4 October

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 29 April |time = 13:30

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1177 (Yantar-4K1 No.2)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 12 June

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

|colspan="8"|

= May =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 7 May |time = 13:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1178 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 22 May

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 14 May |time = 13:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1179 (Taifun-1Yu)

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 18 July 1989}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 15 May |time = 05:35

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1180 (Zenit-4MT)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 26 May

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 20 May |time = 09:21

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 132/2

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1181 (Parus)

|user =

|function = Navigation

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 23 May |time = 07:10

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1182 (Zenit-4MKT)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 5 June

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=7

|date = 23 May |time = 14:29:39

|rocket = {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}}Ariane 1

|site = {{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-1

|LSP = {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}}Arianespace

|remarks = First stage failure due to combustion instability in main engine; first launch conducted by Arianespace

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|FRA}}CAT-2

|user = ESA/Arianespace

|function = Test

|orbit = Intended: GTO

|d-span=7 |o-span=7

|d-date = 23 May

|outcome = Launch failure

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|FRG}}Firewheel

|user = MPG

|function = Magnetospheric

|orbit = Intended: GTO

|d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|FRG}}FIRE B

|user =MPG

|function = Magnetospheric

|orbit = Intended: GTO

|d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|FRG}}FIRE C

|user =MPG

|function = Magnetospheric

|orbit = Intended: GTO

|d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|FRG}}FIRE D

|user =MPG

|function = Magnetospheric

|orbit = Intended: GTO

|d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|FRG}}FIRE E

|user =MPG

|function = Magnetospheric

|orbit = Intended: GTO

|d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|FRG}}Amsat-P3A

|user = Amsat-DE

|function = Amateur radio

|orbit = Intended: Molniya

|d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit }}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 26 May |time = 18:20:39

|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 Hungarian in space

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz 36

|user =

|function = Salyut 6 EP-5

|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)

|d-date = 31 July |d-time = 15:15

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 28 May |time = 12:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1183 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 11 June

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 29 May | time= 10:53

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS

|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-3W

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks = First stage underperformed due to an engine leaking fuel and running at low thrust. Corrected by onboard guidance extending the duration of first stage flight, however this was not communicated to the upper stage, which attempted to separate at the normal time, whilst the first stage was still firing. Recontact prevented the upper stage orienting for its burn, leading to payload being deployed into useless orbit.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/tirosn.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020227123914/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/tirosn.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 February 2002|title=Tiros N|first=Mark|last=Wade|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=20 December 2011}}

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}NOAA-B

|user = NOAA

|function = Weather

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 3 May 1981

|outcome = Launch failure}}

}}

|colspan="8"|

= June =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 4 June |time = 07:34

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Vostok-2M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1184 (Tselina-D)

|user =

|function = SIGINT

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 29 April 2002}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 5 June |time = 14:19:30

|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 crewed flight of Soyuz-T spacecraft

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz T-2

|user =

|function = Salyut 6 EP-6

|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)

|d-date = 9 June |d-time = 12:39

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 6 June |time = 07:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1185 (Resurs-F1 No.12)

|user =

|function = Remote sensing

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 20 June

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=25

|date = 6 June |time = 11:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Deployed 24 calibration spheres

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1186 (Taifun-2)

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 1 January 1982

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 1

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 24 September

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 2

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 14 September

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 3

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 May 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 4

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 May 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 5

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 1 May 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 6

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 May 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 7

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 May 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 8

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 May 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 9

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 May 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 10

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 May 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 11

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 28 May 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 12

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 20 May 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 13

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 22 June 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 14

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 18 June 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 15

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 27 September 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 16

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 22 June 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 17

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 18 June 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 18

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 17 June 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 19

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = September 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 20

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 14 June 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 21

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 10 June 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 22

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 14 June 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 23

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 20 June 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 24

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 13 June 1981

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 12 June |time = 12:30

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1183 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 26 June

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 14 June |time = 00:49:50

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Proton-K/DM

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 200/39

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Operated until 25 October 1988

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Gorizont No.15L

|user =

|function = Communications

|orbit = Operational: Geostationary
Current: Graveyard

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 14 June |time = 20:52

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M/2BL

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Replacement for Kosmos 1024, operated for only four months

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1188 (Oko)

|user =

|function = Missile defence

|orbit = Molniya

|outcome = Spacecraft failure}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 18 June |time = 06:14:12

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Vostok-2M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Meteor-Priroda No.3-1

|user =

|function = Remote sensing

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 1 March 1992}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=6

|date = 18 June |time = 18:30

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Titan III(23)D

|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-4E

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks = All SRVs recovered successfully

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}OPS 3123 (KH-9)

|user = NRO

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 6 March 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}OPS 3123 RV-1

|user = NRO

|function = Film return

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 24 July

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}OPS 3123 RV-2

|user = NRO

|function = Film return

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 7 September

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}OPS 3123 RV-3

|user = NRO

|function = Film return

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 24 October

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}OPS 3123 RV-4

|user = NRO

|function = Film return

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 5 March 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}OPS 3123 RV-5

|user = NRO

|function = Film return

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 14 October

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 21 June |time = 18:34

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M/ML

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 1-47

|user =

|function = Communications

|orbit = Molniya

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 1 April 1991}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 26 June |time = 12:20

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1189 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 10 July

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 29 June |time = 04:40:42

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Progress 10

|user =

|function = Station resupply

|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)

|d-date = 19 July |d-time = 02:30

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

|colspan="8"|

= July =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 1 July |time = 07:12

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132/2

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1190 (Strela-2)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful }}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 2 July |time = 00:54

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Molniya-M/2BL

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Replacement for Kosmos 1124

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1191 (Oko)

|user =

|function = Missile defence

|orbit = Molniya

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=8

|date = 9 July |time = 00:42

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 132/2

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1192 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1193 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1194 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1195 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1196 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1197 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1198 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1199 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 9 July |time = 12:40

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1200 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 23 July

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 14 July |time = 22:35

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Proton-K/DM

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Baikonur Site 200/40

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Ekran No.19L

|user =

|function = Communications

|orbit = Geosynchronous

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 15 July |time = 02:22:11

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Thor DSV-2U

|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-10W

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks = Final flight of Thor DSV-2U, final launch from SLC-10W. Anomaly during second stage separation led to wiring being pulled out of spacecraft. Vehicle also failed to achieve orbit.

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}DMSP-5D1 F5 (AMS-5)

|user = US Air Force

|function = Weather

|orbit = Intended: Low Earth

|outcome = Launch failure

|d-date = 15 July}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 15 July |time = 07:30

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1201 (Zenit-4MKT)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 28 July

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 18 July | time = 02:33:45

|rocket = {{flagicon|IND}}SLV

|site = {{flagicon|IND}}Sriharikota FLP

|LSP = {{flagicon|IND}}ISRO

|remarks = First successful Indian orbital launch

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|IND}}Rohini RS-1B

|user = ISRO

|function = Technology

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 20 May 1981

|outcome= Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 18 July |time = 10:37

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya-M/ML

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Molniya 3-13

|user =

|function = Communications

|orbit = Molniya

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 23 July |time = 18:33:03

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks = Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Vietnamese space traveller

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Soyuz 37

|user =

|function = Salyut 6 EP-7

|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)

|d-date = 11 October |d-time = 09:49

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 24 July |time = 12:40

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1202 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 7 August

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 31 July |time = 07:45

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1203 (Resurs-F1 No.12)

|user =

|function = Remote sensing

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 14 August

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=23

|date = 31 July |time = 11:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}Kapustin Yar Site 107/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 (Taifun-2)

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 23 February 1981

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 1

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 11 October

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 2

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 14 October

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 3

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 31 October

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 4

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 24 October

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 5

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 24 October

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 6

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 26 October

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 7

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 8

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 9

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 4 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 10

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 10 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 11

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 27 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 12

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 18 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 13

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 18 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 14

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 23 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 15

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 3 December

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 16

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 19 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 17

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 17 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 18

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 17 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 19

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 16 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 20

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 23 November

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 21

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 14 December

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 22

|user =

|function = Calibration

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 13 December

}}

|colspan="8"|

= August =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 12 August |time = 11:50

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1205 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 26 August

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 15 August |time = 05:34

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Vostok-2M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1206 (Tselina-D)

|user =

|function = SIGINT

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 14 January 2002}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 22 August |time = 10:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1207 (Zenit-4MKT)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 4 September

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 26 August |time = 15:45

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1208 (Yantar-2K No.927)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 24 September

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 26 August |time = 16:10

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1236 (Yantar-2K No.941)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 21 January 1981

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

|colspan="8"|

= September =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 3 September |time = 10:20

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR|1955}} Kosmos 1209 (Resurs-F1 No.14)

|user =

|function = Remote sensing

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 17 September

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 9 September |time = 11:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Vostok-2M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Meteor 2-06

|user =

|function = Weather

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date=9 September |time=22:27

|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta 3914

|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-17A

|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks=Retired and moved to graveyard orbit on 9 November 1988

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}}GOES 4 (GOES-D)

|user=NOAA

|function=Weather

|orbit=Operational: Geostationary
Current: Graveyard

|outcome=Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 18 September |time = 19:11:03

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks = Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Cuban in space

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}}Soyuz 38

|user =

|function = Salyut 6 EP-8

|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)

|d-date = 26 September |d-time = 15:54

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 19 September |time = 10:10

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1210 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 3 October

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 23 September |time = 10:30

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1211 (Zenit-4MT)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 4 October

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 26 September |time = 10:10

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1212 (Zenit-4MKT)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 9 October

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 28 September |time = 15:09:55

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Progress 11

|user =

|function = Station resupply

|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)

|d-date = 11 December |d-time = 14:45

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

|colspan="8"|

= October =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 3 October |time = 12:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1213 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 17 October

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 5 October |time = 17:10

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Proton-K/DM

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Baikonur Site 200/39

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Gran' No.17L (Raduga)

|user =

|function = Communications

|orbit = Geosynchronous

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 10 October |time = 13:10

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks = Final flight of Zenit-4MKM

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1214 (Zenit-4MKM)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 23 October

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 14 October |time = 20:41

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1215 (Tselina-O)

|user =

|function = SIGINT

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 12 May 1983

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 16 October |time = 12:20

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1216 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 30 October

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 16 October |time = 12:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1219 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 13 November

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 24 October |time = 10:53

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Molniya-M/2BL

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks = Replacement for Kosmos 1188

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1217 (Oko)

|user =

|function = Missile defence

|orbit = Molniya

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 30 October |time = 10:00

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Baikonur Site 31/6

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1218 (Yantar-4K1 No.3)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 12 December

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 31 October | time = 03:54

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR

|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36A

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}OPS 6294 (FLTSATCOM 4)

|user = US Navy

|function = Communications

|orbit = Geosynchronous

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

|colspan="8"|

= November =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 4 November |time = 15:04

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Tsyklon-2

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Baikonur Site 90

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1220 (US-P)

|user =

|function = ELINT

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 20 June 1982

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 12 November |time = 12:21

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1221 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 26 November

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 15 November |time = 22:49

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}} Delta 3910/PAM-D

|site = {{flagicon|USA}} Cape Canaveral LC-17A

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks = Retired on 22 June 1990 and moved to graveyard orbit

|payload={{TLS-PL

|name={{flagicon|USA}} SBS-1

|user=SBS

|function=Communications

|orbit=Operational: Geostationary
Current: Graveyard

|outcome=Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 16 November |time = 18:34

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Molniya-M/ML

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Molniya 1-48

|user =

|function = Communications

|orbit = Molniya

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 18 November 1995}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 21 November |time = 11:53

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Vostok-2M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1222 (Tselina-D)

|user =

|function = SIGINT

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 27 April 2011}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 27 November |time = 21:37

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Molniya-M/2BL

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 41/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks = Replacement for Kosmos 903

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1223 (Oko)

|user =

|function = Missile defence

|orbit = Molniya

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 27 November |time = 14:18:28

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Baikonur Site 1/5

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks = Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, first three-man Soyuz flight since 1971

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz T-3

|user =

|function = Salyut 6 EO-5

|orbit = Low Earth (Salyut 6)

|d-date = 10 December |d-time = 09:26

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

|colspan="8"|

= December =

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 1 December |time = 12:15

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1224 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 15 December

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 5 December |time = 04:23

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1225 (Parus)

|user =

|function = Navigation

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 6 December |time = 23:31

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Atlas SLV 3D Centaur-D1AR

|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral LC-36B

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|UN}}Intelsat V F-2

|user = Intelsat

|function = Communications

|orbit = Geostationary

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=5

|date = 9 December |time =07:18

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Atlas E/F-MSD

|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-3W

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks = Booster engine failure led to loss of control, rocket turned around and began flying backwards before exploding.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/noss.htm|title=NOSS|first=Mark|last=Wade|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=20 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011061757/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/noss.htm|archive-date=11 October 2011}}

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 3255 (MSD)

|user = NRO

|function = Dispenser

|orbit = Intended: Low Earth

|d-span=5 |o-span=5

|d-date = 9 December

|outcome = Launch failure}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 3255 SSU-1 (NOSS SSU)

|user =NRO

|function = ELINT

|orbit = Intended: Low Earth

|d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 3255 SSU-2 (NOSS SSU)

|user =NRO

|function = ELINT

|orbit = Intended: Low Earth

|d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} OPS 3255 SSU-3 (NOSS SSU)

|user =NRO

|function = ELINT

|orbit = Intended: Low Earth

|d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}} LIPS-1

|user = NRL

|function = Technoilogy

|orbit = Intended: Low Earth

|d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 10 December |time = 20:53

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1226 (Tsikada)

|user =

|function = Navigation

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 13 December |time = 16:04

|rocket = {{flagicon|USA}}Titan III(34)B

|site = {{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-4W

|LSP = {{flagicon|USA}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USA}}OPS 5805 (SDS)

|user = NRO

|function = Communication

|orbit = Molniya

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 30 October 1982}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 16 December |time = 12:15

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Soyuz-U

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Plesetsk Site 43/3

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1227 (Zenit-6)

|user =

|function = Optical imaging

|orbit = Low Earth

|d-date = 28 December

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=8

|date = 23 December |time = 22:48

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}}Kosmos-3M

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}}Plesetsk Site 132/1

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1228 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1229 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1230 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1231 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1232 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1233 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1234 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}} {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Kosmos 1235 (Strela-1M)

|user =

|function = Communication

|orbit = Low Earth

|outcome = Successful

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 25 December |time = 04:02

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Molniya-M/SO-L

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Baikonur Site 31/6

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Prognoz 8

|user =

|function = Solar
Magnetospheric

|orbit = Highly elliptical

|outcome = Successful

|d-date = 28 December 1984}}

}}

{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1

|date = 26 December |time = 11:49

|rocket = {{flagicon|USSR}} Proton-K/DM

|site = {{flagicon|USSR}} Baikonur Site 200/40

|LSP = {{flagicon|USSR}}

|remarks =

|payload = {{TLS-PL

|name = {{flagicon|USSR}} Ekran No.20L

|user =

|function = Communications

|orbit = Geosynchronous

|outcome = Successful}}

}}

Deep Space Rendezvous

class=wikitable width="100%"

!Date (GMT)

!Spacecraft

!Event

!Remarks

12 November

Voyager 1

Flyby of Saturn

Closest approach: {{convert|124000|km}}

Orbital launch statistics

=By country=

{{Pie chart

| radius = 120

| legend = false

| thumb = left

| label1 = Soviet Union:

| value1 = 89

| color1 = #a52a2a

| label2 = United States:

| value2 = 15

| color2 = #484785

| label3 = Japan:

| value3 = 2

| color3 = #ffffff

| label4 = France:

| value4 = 1

| color4 = #318ce7

| label5 = India:

| value5 = 1

| color5 = #ff9933

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
colspan=2 \| Country ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures
scope=row style="background:#318ce7;" \| \|\| style="text-align:left;" \| {{FRA}} \| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 0
scope=row style="background:#ff9933;" \| \|\| style="text-align:left;" \| {{IND}} \| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
scope=row style="background:#ffffff;" \| \|\| style="text-align:left;" \| {{JPN\|1973}} \| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 0
scope=row style="background:#a52a2a;" \| \|\| style="text-align:left;" \| {{USSR}} \| 89 \|\| 87 \|\| 2 \|\| 0
scope=row style="background:#484785;" \| \|\| style="text-align:left;" \| {{USA}} \| 15 \|\| 12 \|\| 3 \|\| 0
class="sortbottom" ! colspan="2" \| World	{{sum\|1\|1\|2\|89\|15}}	{{sum\|0\|1\|2\|87\|12}}	{{sum\|1\|0\|0\|2\|3}}	{{sum\|0\|0\|0\|0\|0}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

colspan=2 | Country

! Launches

! Successes

! Failures

! Partial
failures

scope=row style="background:#318ce7;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{FRA}}

| 1 || 0 || 1 || 0

scope=row style="background:#ff9933;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IND}}

| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

scope=row style="background:#ffffff;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{JPN|1973}}

| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0

scope=row style="background:#a52a2a;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USSR}}

| 89 || 87 || 2 || 0

scope=row style="background:#484785;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}

| 15 || 12 || 3 || 0

class="sortbottom"

! colspan="2" | World

=By rocket=

==By family==

Family ! Country ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks
class="wikitable sortable"
{{sort\|Ar\|Ariane}}	{{flag\|France}}	1	0	1	0
{{sort\|At\|Atlas}}	{{USA}}	8	6	2	0
{{sort\|M\|Mu}}	{{flag\|Japan\|1870}}	1	1	0	0
{{sort\|R-07\|R-7}}	{{USSR}}	63	61	2	1
{{sort\|R-14\|R-14}}	{{USSR}}	16	16	0	0
{{sort\|R-36\|R-36}}	{{USSR}}	5	5	0	0
{{sort\|S\|SLV}}	{{IND}}	1	1	0	0
{{sort\|Th\|Thor}}/Delta	{{USA}}	5	4	1	0	Includes N-I
{{sort\|Ti\|Titan}}	{{USA}}	3	3	0	0
{{sort\|U\|Universal Rocket}}	{{USSR}}	5	5	0	0

==By type==

Rocket ! Country ! Family ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks
class="wikitable sortable"
Ariane 1	{{flag\|France}}	Ariane	1	0	1	0
Atlas E/F	{{USA}}	Atlas	5	3	2	0
Atlas-Centaur	{{USA}}	Atlas	3	3	0	0
Delta 3000	{{USA}}	Thor/Delta	3	3	0	0
Kosmos	{{USSR}}	R-12/R-14	16	16	0	0
Molniya	{{USSR}}	{{sort\|R-07\|R-7}}	12	10	2	0
Mu-3	{{flag\|Japan\|1870}}	Mu	1	1	0	0
N	{{flag\|Japan\|1870}}/{{USA}}	Thor/Delta	1	1	0	0
Proton	{{USSR}}	Universal Rocket	5	5	0	0
SLV	{{IND}}	SLV	1	1	0	0
Soyuz	{{USSR}}	{{sort\|R-07\|R-7}}	45	45	0	0
Titan III	{{USA}}	Titan	3	3	0	0
Tsyklon	{{USSR}}	R-36	5	5	0	0
Thor DSV-2U	{{USA}}	Thor/Delta	1	0	1	0	Retired
Vostok	{{USSR}}	{{sort\|R-07\|R-7}}	6	6	0	0

==By configuration==

Rocket ! Country ! Type ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks
class="wikitable sortable"
Ariane 1	{{flag\|France}}	Ariane 1	1	0	1	0
Atlas E/F-MSD	{{USA}}	Atlas E/F	2	1	1	0	Retired
Atlas E/F-SGS-1	{{USA}}	Atlas E/F	2	2	0	0	Retired
Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS	{{USA}}	Atlas E/F	1	0	1	0
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR	{{USA}}	Atlas-Centaur	3	3	0	0
Delta 3910	{{USA}}	Delta 3000	1	1	0	0
Delta 3910/PAM-D	{{USA}}	Delta 3000	1	1	0	0
Delta 3914	{{USA}}	Delta 3000	1	1	0	0
Kosmos-3M	{{USSR}}	Kosmos	16	16	0	0
N-I	{{flag\|Japan\|1870}}/{{USA}}	N	1	1	0	0
Mu-3S	{{flag\|Japan\|1870}}	Mu-3	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Molniya-M/2BL	{{USSR}}	Molniya	6	5	1	0
Molniya-M/ML	{{USSR}}	Molniya	5	4	1	0
Molniya-M/SO-L	{{USSR}}	Molniya	1	1	0	0
SLV	{{IND}}	SLV	1	1	0	0
Proton-K/DM	{{USSR}}	Proton	5	5	0	0
Soyuz-U	{{USSR}}	Soyuz	45	45	0	0
Titan III(34)B	{{USA}}	Titan III	1	1	0	0
Titan III(23)D	{{USA}}	Titan III	2	2	0	0
Thor DSV-2U	{{USA}}	Thor DSV-2U	1	0	1	0	Retired
Tsyklon-2	{{USSR}}	Tsyklon	4	4	0	0
Tsyklon-3	{{USSR}}	Tsyklon	1	1	0	0
Vostok-2M	{{USSR}}	Vostok	6	6	0	0

=By launch site=

Site ! Country ! Launches ! Successes ! Failures ! Partial failures ! Remarks
class="wikitable sortable"
Baikonur	{{USSR}}	24	24	0	0
Cape Canaveral	{{USA}}	6	6	0	0
Kourou	{{FRA}}	1	0	1	0
Kagoshima	{{flag\|Japan\|1870}}	1	1	0	0
Kapustin Yar	{{USSR}}	1	1	0	0
Plesetsk	{{USSR}}	64	62	2	0
Sriharikota	{{IND}}	1	1	0	0
Tanegashima	{{flag\|Japan\|1870}}	1	1	0	0
Vandenberg	{{USA}}	9	6	3	0

=By orbit=

Orbital regime ! Launches ! Achieved ! Not Achieved ! Accidentally achieved ! Remarks
class="wikitable sortable"
Low Earth	82	80	2	1
Medium Earth	2	2	0	0
Geosynchronous/transfer	11	10	1	0
High Earth	13	12	1	0	Including highly elliptical (HEO) and Molniya orbits, one launch to Molniya orbit ended up in HEO

References

=Footnotes=

Category:Spaceflight by year