1979 in spaceflight

none January 2014 May 2022 yes yes 1979 Skylab and Earth Limb - GPN-2000-001055.jpg The Skylab space station, which decayed from orbit on 11 July 11 January 28 December 110 106 Ariane 1Scout G-1SLV Delta 2000Mu-3CScout D-1 Bulgaria 1971 2 4 Timeline of spaceflight 1978 1980 right on The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight. Launches 1979 |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| January |- 1 11 January 15:07https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1979-001A Cosmos 1070 NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive NASA 24 October 2017 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1070 Reconnaissance Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) 20 January 1979 Successful 1 13 January 15:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1071 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 16 January 17:37 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC132/1 USSR 1955 Military payload (810 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1072 (Parus #17) Navigation Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 18 January 15:42 USSR 1955Molniya-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1750 kg) USSR 1955Molniya 3-11 Communications Extremely elliptical orbit (64.1 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 25 January 05:43 USSR 1955Vostok-2M USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1100 kg) USSR 1955Meteor-Priroda 2-3 (Meteor-1 29) Meteorology SSO unknown Successful 1 30 January 15:15 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1073 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 30 January 21:42 USA 1955Delta 2914 USA 1955Cape Canaveral pad LC 17B USA 1955 McDonnell Douglas Experimental military payload (360 kg) USA 1955SCATHA USAF Communications Technology demo Extremely Elliptical Orbit (4.9 degrees inclination) In orbit Successful 1 31 January 09:00:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6 USSR 1955 Military payload (7000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1074 Test flight Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 February |- 1 6 February 08:46 Japan 1955N-I Japan 1955Tanegashima, Osaki launch complex Japan 1955 Civilian payload (260 kg). Spacecraft has failed 9 February 1979 during apogee kick motor burn after recontact with 3rd stage Japan 1955Ayame 1 ja あやめ (人工衛星) (ECS A) NASDA Communications Extremely Elliptical Orbit (0.7 degrees inclination) unknown Partial failure 1 8 February 10:00 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC132/2 USSR 1955 Military payload (1080 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1075 Radar calibration Low Earth (65.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 12 February 13:00:00 USSR 1955Tsyklon-3 USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC32/2 USSR 1955 Military payload (1900 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1076 Earth observation Low Earth (82.5 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 13 February 21:41 USSR 1955Vostok-2M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (2500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1077 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 16 February 15:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC41/1 USSR 1955 Military payload USSR 1955Kosmos (number not assigned) no 16 February 1979 Failed to reach orbit 1 18 February 18:59:00https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1979-013A SAGE NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive NASA 18 October 2017 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213121152/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1979-013A live USA 1955Scout D-1 S202C USA 1955Wallops LA-3A USA 1955 NASA Civilian payload (148.7 kg) USA 1955SAGE NASA Earth observation Low Earth (54.9 degrees inclination) 11 April 1989 Successful 1 21 February 05:00 Japan 1955Mu-3C Japan 1955Tanegashima, Mu launch complex Japan 1955 Civilian payload (100 kg) Japan 1955Hakucho (CORSA B) ISAS X-ray astronomy Low Earth (29.9 degrees inclination) 16 April 1985 Successful 1 21 February 07:49:00 USSR 1955Proton-K/DM USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 200/40 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1970 kg) USSR 1955Ekran 3 Satellite television GEO unknown Successful 1 22 February 12:10 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC41/1 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1078 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 24 February 08:20 USA 1955Atlas F OIS 27F USA 1955Vandenberg AFB SLC-3W USA 1955USAF Military payload (1331 kg) USA 1955Solwind (P78-1) USAF STP Solar physics research Low Earth (97.8 degrees inclination) 13 September 1985 Destroyed by ASAT 1 25 February 11:53:49 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR 1955 Crewed flight launching with two cosmonauts, remained in orbit past design life due to Soyuz 33 failure, returned to Earth uncrewed USSR 1955Soyuz 32 Salyut 6 EO-3 Low Earth (Salyut 6) 13 June 16:18:26 Successful 1 27 February 15:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6700 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1079 Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 27 February 17:00 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1015 kg). Collaboration between USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland. USSR 1955Interkosmos 19 Interkosmos Ionospheric research Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 March |- 1 1 March 18:45:00 USSR 1955Vostok-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1300 kg) USSR 1955Meteor-2-4 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 12 March 05:47:28 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (7020 kg) USSR 1955Progress 5 Salyut 6 orbit (Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination)) unknown Successful 1 14 March 10:50 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (6700 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1080 Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 15 March 02:58 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (8x61 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1081–1088 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 16 March 18:30 USA 1955Titan 3D USA 1955Vandenberg pad SLC 4E USA 1955 Military payload (13300 kg to SSO, 60 kg to LEO (95.8 degrees)) USA 1955unknown SSO unknown Successful 1 21 March 04:13 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (810 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1089 Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 31 March 10:45 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1090 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 April |- 1 7 April 06:20 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (810 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1091 Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 10 April 17:34:34 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR 1955 Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Bulgarian in space, main engine failed during rendezvous manoeuvres, docking aborted and spacecraft deorbited using backup engines USSR 1955Soyuz 33 Taxi flight Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 6) 12 April 16:35 Spacecraft failure 1 11 April 21:51 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (810 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1092 Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 12 April 00:28:00 USSR 1955Molniya-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1600 kg) USSR 1955Molniya 1-43 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 14 April 05:27 USSR 1955Vostok-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (2500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1093 ELINT Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) 23 March 2000 Successful 1 18 April 12:00 USSR 1955Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2) USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90 USSR 1955 Military payload (3000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1094 Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 20 April 11:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1095 Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 25 April 03:44:00 USSR 1955Proton-K/DM USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) USSR 1955 Military payload (1965 kg) USSR 1955Raduga 5 GEO unknown Successful 1 25 April 10:00 USSR 1955Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2) USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90 USSR 1955 Military payload (4000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1096 Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 27 April 17:15 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6700 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1097 Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 May |- 1 4 May 18:57:00 USA 1955Atlas SLV 3D USA 1955Cape Canaveral pad LC 36A USA 1955 Military payload (1884 kg) USA 1955Fltsatcom-2 GTO unknown Successful 1 13 May 04:17:10 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (7020 kg) USSR 1955Progress 6 Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 15 May 11:40 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1098 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 17 May 07:10 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1099 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 22 May 23:00:00 USSR 1955Proton-K USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 81P (pad 24) USSR 1955 Military payload (2x9000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1100 Kosmos 1101 Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 25 May 07:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1102 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 28 May 18:30 USA 1955Titan 3B/Agena USA 1955Vandenberg pad SLC 4W USA 1955 Military payload (4000 kg) USA 1955unknown SSO unknown Successful 1 31 May 16:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1103 Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 31 May 17:58 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (810 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1104 Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 June |- 1 2 June 23:26 USA 1955Scout D-1 S198C USA 1955Wallops LA-3A USA 1955 Civilian payload GB 1965Ariel 6 unknown unknown Successful 1 5 June 23:28 USSR 1955Molniya-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1750 kg) USSR 1955Molniya 3-12 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 6 June 18:12:41 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 31/5 USSR 1955 Launched uncrewed to replace Soyuz 32 which had passed the end of its design life, landed with two cosmonauts USSR 1955Soyuz 34 Crew return Low Earth (Salyut 6) 19 August 12:29 Successful 1 6 June 18:22:12 USAThor DSV-2U USAVandenberg SLC-10W USA USADMSP-5D1 F4 (AMS-4) US Air Force Weather Low Earth Successful In orbit 1 7 June 10:30 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Kapustin Yar pad LC 107 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (441 kg) India 1955Bhaskar 1 Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 8 June 07:10 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1105 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 10 June 13:30:00 USA 1955Titan 3C/Transtage USA 1955Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 USA 1955 Military payload (1170 kg) USA 1955DSP 11 GEO unknown Successful 1 12 June 07:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1106 Low Earth (81.4 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 15 June 10:50 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1107 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 22 June 07:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1108 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 27 June 15:51:59 USA 1955Atlas F USA 1955Vandenberg pad SLC 3W USA 1955 Civilian payload (723 kg) USA 1955NOAA 6(NOAA A) Low Earth (98.5 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 27 June 18:11:23 USSR 1955Molniya-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 USSR 1955 Military payload (1250 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1109 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (62.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 28 June 09:25:11 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1020 kg) USSR 1955Progress 7 Salyut 6 orbit(51.6 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 28 June 20:09 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (875 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1110 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 29 June 16:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1111 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 July |- 1 5 July 23:19:00 USSR 1955Proton-K/DM USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) USSR 1955 Civilian payload (2120 kg) USSR 1955Gorizont 2 GEO unknown Successful 1 6 July 08:20 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Kapustin Yar pad LC 107 USSR 1955 Military payload (1190 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1112 Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 10 July 09:00:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1113 Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 11 July 15:41 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (900 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1114 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 13 July 08:25 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1115 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 20 July 11:58 USSR 1955Vostok-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (2500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1116 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 25 July 15:20 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1117 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 27 July 07:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1118 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 3 27 July 21:28 PRC 1955Feng Bao 1 PRC 1955Jiquan Satellite Launch Center LA-2B (Site 138) PRC 1955 Civilian payload (770 kg). Second stage malfunction PRC 1955Shi Jian (2) Micrometeoroid research, electromagnetic background research Intended: Low Earth 27 July Failure 3 3PRCShi Jian (2A) Intended: Low Earth Ionosphere research inherit inherit PRC Shi Jian (2B) Intended: Low Earth Radar calibration inherit inherit 1 31 July 03:56 USSR 1955Molniya-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1600 kg) USSR 1955Molniya 1-44 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 August |- 1 3 August 10:45 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1119 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 10 August 00:20 USA 1955Delta 2914 USA 1955Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A USA 1955 McDonnell Douglas Commercial payload (574 kg) USA 1955Westar 3(Westar C) GTO unknown Successful 1 10 August 02:28 India 1955SLV India 1955Satish Dhawan Space Centre pad SLV India 1955 Civilian payload (30 kg) India 1955Rohini RS-1 10 August 1979 Failed to reach orbit due control valve malfunction in 2nd stage 1 11 August 09:15:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1120 Low Earth (70.4 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 14 August 15:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6700 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1121 Low Earth (67.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 17 August 07:45 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1122 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 21 August 11:10 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1123 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 28 August 00:17:04 USSR 1955Molniya-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (1250 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1124 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (68 degrees inclination) unknown Launch successful. Satellite exploded 9 September 1979 into 8 pieces. 1 28 August 00:55 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (875 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1125 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 31 August 11:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1126 Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 September |- 1 5 September 10:20 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1127 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 14 September 15:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1128 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 20 September 05:28 USA 1955Atlas SLV 3D USA 1955Cape Canaveral pad LC 36B USA 1955 Civilian payload (3150 kg) USA 1955HEAO 3(HEAO C) Low Earth (43.6 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 25 September 15:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1129 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 25 September 21:00 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (8x61 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1130–1137 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 28 September 12:20 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1138 Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 October |- 1 1 October 11:22:00 USA 1955Titan 3C/Transtage USA 1955Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 USA 1955 Military payload (820 kg) USA 1955unknown unknown unknown Successful 1 3 October 17:12:00 USSR 1955Proton-K/DM USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1970 kg) USSR 1955Ekran 4 GEO unknown Successful 1 5 October 11:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (5500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1139 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 11 October 16:36 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (875 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1140 Low Earth (74.1 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 12 October 12:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955Kosmos, number not assigned 12 October 1979 Failed to reach orbit 1 16 October 12:17 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (810 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1141 Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 20 October 07:03 USSR 1955Molniya-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1600 kg) USSR 1955Molniya 1-45 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.7 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 22 October 12:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1142 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 26 October 18:12 USSR 1955Vostok-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (2500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1143 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 30 October 14:16 USA 1955Scout G-1 S203C USA 1955Vandenberg SLC-5 Civilian payload (181 kg) USA 1955Magsat Low Earth (96.8 degrees inclination) 11 June 1980 Successful 1 31 October 09:25:00 USSR 1955Vostok-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1300 kg) USSR 1955Meteor 2-5 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 November |- 1 1 November 08:05 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2 USSR 1955 Civilian payload (1100 kg) USSR 1955Interkosmos 20 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 2 November 16:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6700 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1144 Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 21 November 02:09:36 USA 1955Titan 3C/Transtage USA 1955Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 USA 1955 Military payload (2x612 kg) USA 1955DSCS 2 13, DSCS 2 14 GEO unknown Successful 1 27 November 09:55 USSR 1955Vostok-M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 USSR 1955 Military payload (2500 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1145 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1979 December |- 1 5 December 09:00 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Military payload (1000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1146 Low Earth (65.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 7 December 01:35 USA 1955Delta 3914 USA 1955Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A USA 1955 McDonnell Douglas Commercial payload (895 kg) USA 1955Satcom 3(Satcom C) GTO unknown Satellite failed while being on the GTO, has been destroyed 1 12 December 12:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1147 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful 1 16 December 12:29:50 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad USSR 1955 Salyut 6 orbit boost mission completed USSR 1955Soyuz T-1 Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination) 21:47, 25 March 1980 Successful 1 24 December 17:14:38 icon FRAAriane 1 FRAKourou ELA-1 ESA Maiden flight of the Ariane 1, and the Ariane familyHughes, J. (1996) Larousse Desk Reference Encloypedia London RD Press 20pxCAT-1 ESA Technology Low Earth 27 November 1989 Successful 1 28 December 11:51:00 USSR 1955Proton-K/DM USSR 1955Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) USSR 1955 Civilian payload (2120 kg) USSR 1955Gorizont 3 GEO unknown Successful 1 28 December 13:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 USSR 1955 Military payload (6000 kg) USSR 1955Kosmos 1148 Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) unknown Successful |} 1979 Deep Space Rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks 5 March Voyager 1 Flyby of Jupiter Closest approach: 280000 km 9 July Voyager 2 Flyby of Jupiter Closest approach: 645000 km 1 September Pioneer 11 Flyby of Saturn Closest approach: 20900 km EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks15 August14:161 hour23 minutes15:39Salyut 6PE-3USSR 1955Valery RyuminUSSR 1955Vladimir LyakhovRemoved 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.http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections/TRS/_techrep/RP1357.pdf Mir Hardware Heritage Portree David S. F. March 1995 NASA 83 2009-02-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20090224205405/http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections/TRS/_techrep/RP1357.pdf 24 February 2009 dead References Footnotes 1979 on expanded Category:Spaceflight by year