1979 in spaceflight
The Skylab space station, which decayed from orbit on 11 July | |
Orbital launches | |
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First | 11 January |
Last | 28 December |
Total | 110 |
Catalogued | 106 |
National firsts | |
Orbital launch | Europe |
Space traveller | Bulgaria |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights |
Ariane 1 Scout G-1 SLV |
Retirements |
Delta 2000 Mu-3C Scout D-1 |
Manned flights | |
Orbital | 2 |
Total travellers | 4 |
Launches
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |
Remarks | ||||||
11 January ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1070 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
13 January ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1071 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
16 January ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1072 | Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
18 January ?:??:?? |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad 43/3 | ||||
Molniya 3-11 | Extremely elliptical orbit (64.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1750 kg) | ||||||
25 January ?:??:?? |
Vostok-M | Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Meteor-prigoda 2 (Meteor 1-29) | SSO | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1100 kg) | ||||||
30 January ?:??:?? |
Delta 2914 | Cape Canaveral pad LC 17B | ||||
SCATHA | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (4.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (659 kg) | ||||||
30 January ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1073 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
31 January ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1074 | Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (7000 kg) | ||||||
6 February ?:??:?? |
N-I | Tanegashima, Osaki launch complex | ||||
Ayame 1 (ECS A) | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (0.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Spacecraft has failed after recontact with 3rd stage | |||
Civilian payload (260 kg) | ||||||
8 February ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1075 | Low Earth (65.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (1080 kg) | ||||||
12 February ?:??:?? |
Tsyklon-3(Cyclone-3) | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 32/2 | ||||
Kosmos 1076 | Low Earth (82.5 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (1900 kg) | ||||||
13 February ?:??:?? |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1077 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||
16 February ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41 | ||||
Kosmos (number not assigned) | no | 16 February 1979 | Failed to reach orbit | |||
Military payload | ||||||
18 February ?:??:?? |
Scout D-1 S202C | Wallops pad LA3 | ||||
SAGE | unknown | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (147 kg) | ||||||
21 February ?:??:?? |
Mu-3C | Tanegashima, Mu launch complex | ||||
Hakucho (CORSA B) | Low Earth (29.9 degrees inclination) | 16 April 1985 | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (100 kg) | ||||||
21 February ?:??:?? |
Proton-K/DM | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) | ||||
Ekran 3 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1970 kg) | ||||||
22 February ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1078 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
24 February ?:??:?? |
Atlas F | Vandenberg pad SLC 3W | ||||
Solwind | Low Earth (97.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (1331 kg) | ||||||
25 February 11:53:49 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 31/6 | ||||
Soyuz 32 | Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Salyut 6 EO-3 | 13 June 16:18:26 | Successful | ||
Manned flight launching with two cosmonauts, remained in orbit past design life due to Soyuz 33 failure, returned to Earth unmanned | ||||||
27 February ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2 | ||||
Interkosmos 19 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1015 kg) | ||||||
27 February ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/3 | ||||
Kosmos 1079 | Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||
1 March ?:??:?? |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Meteor 2-4 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1300 kg) | ||||||
12 March ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 | ||||
Progress 5 | Salyut 6 orbit (Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination)) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (7020 kg) | ||||||
14 March ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1080 | Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||
15 March ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1081–1088 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (8x61 kg) | ||||||
16 March ?:??:?? |
Titan 3D | Vandenberg pad SLC 4E | ||||
unknown | SSO | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (13300 kg to SSO, 60kg to LEO (95.8 degrees)) | ||||||
21 March ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1089 | Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
31 March ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1090 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
7 April ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1091 | Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
10 April 17:34:34 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 31/6 | ||||
Soyuz 33 | Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 6) | Taxi flight | 12 April 16:35 | Spacecraft failure | ||
Manned flight with two cosmonauts, first Bulgarian in space, main engine failed during rendezvous manoeuvres, docking aborted and spacecraft deorbited using backup engines | ||||||
11 April ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1092 | Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
12 April ?:??:?? |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Molniya 1-43 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||
14 April ?:??:?? |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 90 | ||||
Kosmos 1093 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||
18 April ?:??:?? |
Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2) | Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90 | ||||
Kosmos 1094 | Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (3000 kg) | ||||||
20 April ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1095 | Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
25 April ?:??:?? |
Proton-K/DM | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) | ||||
Raduga 5 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (1965 kg) | ||||||
25 April ?:??:?? |
Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2) | Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90 | ||||
Kosmos 1096 | Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (4000 kg) | ||||||
27 April ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/3 | ||||
Kosmos 1097 | Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||
4 May ?:??:?? |
Atlas SLV 3D | Cape Canaveral pad LC 36A | ||||
Fltsatcom-2 | GTO | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (1884 kg) | ||||||
13 May ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 | ||||
Progress 6 | Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (7020 kg) | ||||||
15 May ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1098 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
17 May ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC 43/4 | ||||
Kosmos 1099 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
22 May ?:??:?? |
Proton-K | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 81P (pad 24) | ||||
Kosmos 1100 Kosmos 1101 | Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (2x9000 kg) | ||||||
25 May ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 | ||||
Kosmos 1102 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
28 May ?:??:?? |
Titan 3B/Agena | Vandenberg pad SLC 4W | ||||
unknown | SSO | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (4000 kg) | ||||||
31 May ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1103 | Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
31 May ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1104 | Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
2 June ?:??:?? |
Scout D-1 S198C | Wallops pad LA3 | ||||
Ariel 6 | unknown | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload | ||||||
5 June ?:??:?? |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4 | ||||
Molniya 3-12 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1750 kg) | ||||||
6 June 18:12:41 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 31/5 | ||||
Soyuz 34 | Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Crew return | 19 August 12:29 | Successful | ||
Launched unmanned to replace Soyuz 32 which had passed the end of its design life, landed with two cosmonauts | ||||||
7 June ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Kapustin Yar pad LC 107 | ||||
Bhaskar 1 | Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (441 kg) | ||||||
8 June ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 | ||||
Kosmos 1105 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
10 June ?:??:?? |
Titan 3C/Transtage | Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 | ||||
DSP 11 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (1170 kg) | ||||||
12 June ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4 | ||||
Kosmos 1106 | Low Earth (81.4 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
15 June ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1107 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
22 June ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4 | ||||
Kosmos 1108 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
27 June ?:??:?? |
Atlas F | Vandenberg pad SLC 3W | ||||
NOAA 6(NOAA A) | Low Earth (98.5 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (723 kg) | ||||||
27 June ?:??:?? |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 | ||||
Kosmos 1109 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (62.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (1250 kg) | ||||||
28 June ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1110 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||
28 June ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 | ||||
Progress 7 | Salyut 6 orbit(51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1020 kg) | ||||||
29 June ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1111 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
5 July ?:??:?? |
Proton-K/DM | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) | ||||
Gorizont 2 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (2120 kg) | ||||||
6 July ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Kapustin Yar pad LC 107 | ||||
Kosmos 1112 | Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (1190 kg) | ||||||
10 July ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1113 | Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
11 July ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1114 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (900 kg) | ||||||
13 July ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4 | ||||
Kosmos 1115 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
20 July ?:??:?? |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1116 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||
25 July ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1117 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
27 July ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4 | ||||
Kosmos 1118 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
28 July ?:??:?? |
Feng Bao 1 | Jiquan Satellite Launch Center NLC | ||||
Shi Jian 1 | 28 July 1979 | Failure to reach orbit after 2nd stage malfunction | ||||
Civilian payload (770 kg) | ||||||
31 July ?:??:?? |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Molniya 1-44 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||
3 August ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1119 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
10 August ?:??:?? |
Delta 2914 | Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A | ||||
Westar 3(Westar C) | GTO | unknown | Successful | |||
Commercial payload (574 kg) | ||||||
10 August ?:??:?? |
PSLV 3 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre pad SLV3 | ||||
Rohini RS-1 | 10 August 1979 | Failed to reach orbit due control valve malfunction in 2nd stage | ||||
Civilian payload (30 kg) | ||||||
11 August ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1120 | Low Earth (70.4 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
14 August ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/3 | ||||
Kosmos 1121 | Low Earth (67.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||
17 August ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/4 | ||||
Kosmos 1122 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
21 August ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 | ||||
Kosmos 1123 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
28 August ?:??:?? |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43 | ||||
Kosmos 1124 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (68 degrees inclination) | unknown | Launch successful. Satellite exploded 9 September 1979 into 8 pieces. | |||
Military payload (1250 kg) | ||||||
28 August ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1125 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||
31 August ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1126 | Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
5 September ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1127 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
14 September ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1128 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
20 September ?:??:?? |
Atlas SLV 3D | Cape Canaveral pad LC 36B | ||||
HEAO 3(HEAO C) | Low Earth (43.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (3150 kg) | ||||||
25 September ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 | ||||
Kosmos 1129 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
25 September ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1130–1137 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (8x61 kg) | ||||||
28 September ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1138 | Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
1 October ?:??:?? |
Titan 3C/Transtage | Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 | ||||
unknown | unknown | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (820 kg) | ||||||
3 October ?:??:?? |
Proton-K/DM | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) | ||||
Ekran 4 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1970 kg) | ||||||
5 October ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1139 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||
11 October ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1140 | Low Earth (74.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||
12 October ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43 | ||||
Kosmos, number not assigned | 12 October 1979 | Failed to reach orbit | ||||
16 October ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1141 | Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||
20 October ?:??:?? |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Molniya 1-45 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||
22 October ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1142 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
26 October ?:??:?? |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1143 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||
30 October ?:??:?? |
Scout G-1 S203C | Vandenberg pad SLC-5 | ||||
Magsat | Low Earth (96.8 degrees inclination) | 11 June 1980 | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (181 kg) | ||||||
31 October ?:??:?? |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Meteor 2-5 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1300 kg) | ||||||
1 November ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2 | ||||
Interkosmos 20 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1100 kg) | ||||||
2 November ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 43/3 | ||||
Kosmos 1144 | Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||
21 November ?:??:?? |
Titan 3C/Transtage | Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 | ||||
DSCS 2 13, DSCS 2 14 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (2x612 kg) | ||||||
27 November ?:??:?? |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1145 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||
5 December ?:??:?? |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1146 | Low Earth (65.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (1000 kg) | ||||||
7 December ?:??:?? |
Delta 3914 | Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A | ||||
Satcom 3(Satcom C) | GTO | unknown | Satellite failed while being on the GTO, has been destroyed | |||
Commercial payload (895 kg) | ||||||
12 December ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1147 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
16 December 12:30:00 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Soyuz T-1 | Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination) | 21:47, 25 March 1980 | Successful | |||
Salyut 6 orbit boost mission completed | ||||||
24 December 17:14:38 |
Ariane 1 | Kourou ELA-1 | ESA | |||
CAT-1 | ESA | Low Earth | Technology | 27 November 1989 | Successful | |
Maiden flight of the Ariane 1, and the Ariane family[1] | ||||||
28 December ?:??:?? |
Proton-K/DM | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) | ||||
Gorizont 3 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (2120 kg) | ||||||
28 December ?:??:?? |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||
Kosmos 1148 | Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||
Deep Space Rendezvous
Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
5 March | Voyager 1 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: 280,000 kilometres (170,000 mi) |
9 July | Voyager 2 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: 645,000 kilometres (401,000 mi) |
1 September | Pioneer 11 | Flyby of Saturn | Closest approach: 20,900 kilometres (13,000 mi) |
EVAs
Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
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15 August 14:16 |
1 hour 23 minutes |
15:39 | Salyut 6 PE-3 |
Valery Ryumin Vladimir Lyakhov |
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 micrometeroid detector.[2] |
References
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Footnotes
- ↑ Hughes, J. (1996) Larousse Desk Reference Encloypedia London RD Press
- ↑ Portree, David S. F. (March 1995). "Mir Hardware Heritage" (PDF). NASA. p. 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
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