1985 in spaceflight

none January 2014 January 2014 yes yes 1985 104 M-3SII 11 63 Timeline of spaceflight 1984 1986 The following is an outline of 1985 in spaceflight. Overview First Atlantis flight Space Shuttle Atlantis 1 right on 2 Orbital launches 1985 |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| January |- 1 7 January 19:26 icon JPN M-3SII / KM-P M-3SII-1 icon JPN Kagoshima LP-M icon JPN ISAS Maiden flight of M-3SII. First Japanese deep space probe. icon JPN Sakigake (MS-T5) ISAS Heliocentric 1P/Halley comet flyby Successful 8 January 1999 1 9 January 10:45 icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1616 (Yantar-4K2 №12/Kobalt №12) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 6 15 January 14:50 icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1617 (Strela-3 №1) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1618 (Strela-3 №2) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1619 (Strela-3 №3) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1620 (Strela-3 №4) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1621 (Strela-3 №5) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1622 (Strela-3 №6) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational 1 16 January icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-ML icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Molniya-3 36L NPO PM Molniya Communications Operational 1 16 January icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1623 (Zenit-8 №10/Oblik №10) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 17 January icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 132/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1624 (Strela-2M №36) Low Earth Military communications Operational 1 18 January icon USSR Proton-K / Blok-DM icon USSR Baikonur Site 200/39 icon USSR icon USSR Gorizont 11 (Gorizont 21L) Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 23 January icon USSR Tsyklon-2 icon USSR Baikonur LC-90 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1625 (US-P №20) Low Earth Operational 1 24 January icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1626 (Tselina-D №47) Low Earth SIGINT Operational 2 24 January 19:50 USA 103 / IUS USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts USA STS-51-C NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 27 January 21:23 USA Orion 1 (USA-8/Magnum 1) NRO Geosynchronous ELINT Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 February |- 1 1 February 19:36 icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 132/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1627 (Parus №48) Low Earth Navigation Operational 1 6 February icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1628 (Zenit-8 №11/Oblik №11) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 6 February icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/1 icon USSR icon USSR Meteor-2 12 Low Earth Meteorology Operational 1 8 February 06:10 USA Titan 34B / Agena-D USA Vandenberg SLC-4W USA USA Quasar 6 (SDS 6/USA-9) NRO Molniya Communications Successful 2 8 February 23:22 FRA Ariane 3 FRA Kourou ELA-1 FRA Arianespace Arabsat 1A failed in March 1992 SAU Arabsat-1A Arabsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful March 1992 BRA Brasilsat-A1 Embratel Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 21 February icon USSR Proton-K Blok-DM icon USSR Baikonur Site 200/39 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1629 (US-KS №3) Geosynchronous Early warning Operational 1 27 February icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1630 (Yantar-4K2 №13/Kobalt №13) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 27 February icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 132/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1631 (Taifun-1 №18/Vektor №18) Low Earth Radar Calibration Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 March |- 1 1 March icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1632 (Zenit-8 №12/Oblik №12) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 5 March icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1633 (Tselina-D №48) Low Earth SIGINT Operational 1 13 March 02:00 USA Atlas E / OIS USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA Mission ended in January 1990 USA Geosat US Navy Sun-synchronous Earth observation Successful 1 14 March icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 132/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1634 (Parus №49) Low Earth Navigation Operational 8 21 March icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 132/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1635 (Strela-1M №289) Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1636 (Strela-1M №290) Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1637 (Strela-1M №291) Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1638 (Strela-1M №292) Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1639 (Strela-1M №293) Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1640 (Strela-1M №294) Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1641 (Strela-1M №295) Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1642 (Strela-1M №296) Low Earth Military communications Operational 1 22 March icon USSR Proton-K Blok-DM icon USSR Baikonur Site 200/40 icon USSR icon USSR Ekran 14 (Ekran 28L) NPO PM Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 22 March 23:55:00 USA Atlas G / Centaur-D1AR AC-63 USA Cape Canaveral LC-36B USA UN Intelsat VA F-10 (Intelsat 510) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful July 1999 1 25 March icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1643 (Yantar-4KS1 №3/Terilen №3) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 April |- 1 3 April icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1644 (Zenit-8 №13/Oblik №13) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 3 12 April 13:59 USA Space Shuttle Discovery / PAM-D USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space (Senator Jake Garn).Anik C1 was retired on 5 May 2003.Leasat 3 failed to maneuver to geosynchronous orbit and was re-captured by mission STS-51-I in August, repaired and subsequently maneuvered to geosynchronous orbit.Discovery suffered extensive brake and tyre damage upon landing at Kennedy Space Center. USA STS-51-D NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 19 April 13:54 CAN Anik C1 Telesat Canada Current: GraveyardOperational: Geosynchronous Communications Successful USALeasat 3 (Syncom-4 3) US Navy Current: GraveyardOperational: Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 13 April icon USSR Zenit-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 45 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos (EPN 03.0694 №1) Low Earth Vehicle Evaluation Failure 1 16 April icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1645 (Foton №1) Low Earth Microgravity Operational 1 18 April icon USSR Tsyklon-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 90 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1646 (US-P №21) GRU Low Earth Operational 1 19 April icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1647 (Yantar-4K2 №14/Kobalt №14) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 25 April icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1648 (Zenit-8 №14/Oblik №14) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 26 April icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-SO-L icon USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 icon USSR icon USSRicon Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 1985 Interkosmos 23 (Prognoz №10) Interkosmos/NPO Lavochkin Molniya Magnetosphere research Operational 4 29 April 16:02 USA Space Shuttle 099 no USA Kennedy LC-39A USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; GLOMR failed to deploy from its GAS canister USA STS-51-B NASA Low Earth Microgravity research Successful 6 May 16:11 3 USA23px Spacelab Long Module 1 NASA/ESRO Low Earth (Challenger) Microgravity research Successful inherit USA GLOMR DARPA Intended: Low Earth Getaway Special Deployment failure inherit USA NUSAT Low Earth Getaway Special Successful 15 December |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 May |- 2 8 May 01:15 FRA Ariane 3 FRA Kourou ELA-1 FRA Arianespace USA GStar 1 GTE Spacenet Geosynchronous Communications Successful FRA Télécom 1B France Télécom Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 15 May icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1649 (Zenit-8 №15/Oblik №15) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 3 17 May icon USSR Proton-K Blok-DM-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 200/39 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1650 (GLONASS №10) NPO PM Medium Earth Navigation Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1651 (GLONASS №11) NPO PM Medium Earth Navigation Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1652 (GLONASS-GVM №7) Medium Earth Dummy satellite Operational 1 22 May icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1653 (Resurs-F1 №22) Low Earth (SSO) Earth Observation Operational 1 23 May icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1654 (Yantar-4K2 №15/Kobalt №15) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 29 May icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-ML icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Molniya-3 39L NPO PM Molniya Communications Operational 1 30 May icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 132/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1655 (Tsikada №12) NPO PM Low Earth Navigation Operational 1 30 May icon USSR Proton-K Blok-DM-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 200/40 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1656 (Tselina-2 №2) Low Earth SIGINT Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 June |- 1 6 June 06:39 USSR Soyuz-U2 USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts USSR Soyuz T-13 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EO-4 Successful 26 September 09:51 1 7 June icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1657 (Resurs-F1 №23) Low Earth Earth Observation Operational 1 11 June icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-2BL icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1658 (US-K №39) Molniya Early warning Operational 1 13 June icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1659 (Zenit-8 №16/Oblik №16) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 14 June icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Baikonur Site 32/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1660 (Geo-IK №6/Musson №6) NPO PM Low Earth Geodesy Operational 5 17 June 11:33 USA Space Shuttle Discovery / PAM-D USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Saudi Arabian space traveller and member of royalty to fly in space (Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud)Arabsat 1B retired in 1993. USA STS-51-G NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 24 June 13:11 MEX Morelos 1 Morelos Geosynchronous Communications Successful SAU Arabsat-1B Arabsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful USATelstar 303 AT&T Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA Spartan 101 NASA Low Earth Astronomy Successful 24 June 13:11 1 18 June icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-2BL icon USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1661 (US-K №40) Molniya Early warning Operational 2 19 June icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 132/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1662 (Taifun-2 №20) Low Earth Radar calibration Operational icon USSR 23 Romb Low Earth Operational 1 21 June 00:39 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR USSRProgress 24 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics Successful 15 July 22:33 1 21 June icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1663 (Resurs-F1 №24) Low Earth (SSO) Earth Observation Operational 1 21 June icon USSR Zenit-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 45 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos (EPN 03.0694 №2) Low Earth Vehicle Evaluation Partial Failure 1 26 June icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1664 (Zenit-8 №17/Oblik №17) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 30 June 00:44 USA Atlas G / Centaur-D1AR AC-64 USA Cape Canaveral LC-36B USA UN Intelsat VA F-11 (Intelsat 511) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 July |- 1 2 July 11:23 FRA Ariane 1 FRA Kourou ELA-1 FRA Arianespace Closest approach of Halley's Comet (596 km) achieved on 13 March 1986Closest approach of 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup (200 km) achieved on 10 July 1992 23px Giotto ESA Heliocentric Flyby of Halley's Comet Successful 1 3 July icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1665 (Zenit-8 №18/Oblik №18) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 8 July icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1666 (Tselina-D №49) Low Earth SIGINT Operational 1 10 July icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1667 (Bion №7) Low Earth Life Science Operational 1 15 July icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1668 (Zenit-8 №19/Oblik №19) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 17 July icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-ML icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Molniya-3 37L NPO PM Molniya Communications Operational 1 19 July 13:05 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR USSR Kosmos 1669 (Progress) Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics Successful 30 August 01:20 3 29 July 21:00 USA Space Shuttle Challenger USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts; A main engine shut-down during ascent caused an Abort to Orbit, the first (and only) abort of the Space Shuttle program. USA STS-51-F NASA Low Earth Astronomical experiments Successful 6 August 19:45 3 USA PDP NASA Low Earth Plasma research Successful inherit USA 23pxSpacelab 2 (three pallets) NASA/ESRO Low Earth (Challenger) Astronomy Successful inherit |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 August |- 1 1 August icon USSR Tsyklon-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 90 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1670 (US-A №26) Low Earth Ocean Surveillance Operational 1 2 August icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1671 (Zenit-8 №20/Oblik №20) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 2 3 August icon USA Scout-G 1 icon USA Vandenberg SLC-5 icon USA icon USA Transit-O 24 US Navy Low Earth Navigation Operational icon USA Transit-O 30 US Navy Low Earth Navigation Operational 1 7 August icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1672 (Resurs-F1 №25) Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational 1 8 August icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1673 (Yantar-1KFT №5/Kometa №5) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 8 August icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1674 (Tselina-D №50) Low Earth SIGINT Operational 1 8 August icon USSR Proton-K Blok-DM icon USSR Baikonur Site 200/39 icon USSR icon USSR Raduga 16 (Gran 26L) NPO PM Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 12 August icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-2BL icon USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1675 (US-K №41) Molniya Early warning Operational 1 16 August icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1676 (Yantar-4K2 №16/Kobalt №16) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 18 August 23:33 icon JPN M-3SII / KM-P M-3SII-2 icon JPN Kagoshima LP-M icon JPN ISAS icon JPN Suisei (Planet A) ISAS Heliocentric 1P/Halley comet flyby Successful 22 February 1991 1 22 August icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-ML icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Molniya-1T 64 (Molniya-1T 74L) NPO PM Molniya Communications Operational 1 23 August icon USSR Tsyklon-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 90 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1677 (US-A №27) Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 4 27 August 10:58 USA Space Shuttle Discovery / PAM-D USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with five astronautsLeasat 4 failed in orbit after becoming operational for a short periodRetrieved Leasat 3, deployed by STS-51-D in April and repaired the malfunctioning perigee motor to allow the satellite to reach geosynchronous orbit. USA STS-51-I NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment and repair Successful 3 September 13:15 AUS Aussat A1 Aussat Pty Ltd Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA ASC-1 ASC Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA Leasat 4 (Syncom-4 4) US Navy Geosynchronous Communications Spacecraft failure 1 28 August 21:20 USA Titan 34D USA Vandenberg SLC-4E USA First stage propellant feed malfunction USA KH-11 7 (Crystal 7) NRO Intended: Sun-synchronous Reconnaissance Launch Failure 28 August 1 29 August icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1678 (Resurs-F1 №26) Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational 1 29 August icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1679 (Yantar-4K2 №17/Kobalt №17) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 September |- 1 4 September icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 132/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1680 (Strela-2M №27) NPO PM Low Earth Military communications Operational 1 6 September icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1681 (Zenit-4MKT №27/Fram №27) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 2 12 September 23:26 FRA Ariane 3 FRA Kourou ELA FRA Arianespace Third stage failed to ignite FRA Eutelsat I F-3 (ECS-3) Eutelsat Intended: Geosynchronous Communications Launch Failure 2 12 September 2 USA Spacenet F3 Spacenet Intended: Geosynchronous Communications inherit inherit 1 17 September 12:38 USSR Soyuz-U2 USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts USSR Soyuz T-14 Low Earth (Salyut 7) Salyut 7 EP-5 Successful 21 November 10:31 1 19 September icon USSR Tsyklon-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 90 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1682 (US-P №22) Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 19 September icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1683 (Zenit-8 №21/Oblik №21) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 24 September icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-2BL icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1684 (US-K №42) Molniya Early warning Operational 1 26 September icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1685 (Zenit-8 №22/Oblik №22) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 27 September 08:41 USSR Proton-K USSR Baikonur Site 200/39 USSR TKS-4; remained docked with Salyut 7 through that station's re-entry USSR Kosmos 1686 (TKS-M №1) Low Earth (Salyut 7) Logistics Successful 7 February 1991 1 28 September 23:17 USA Atlas G USA Cape Canaveral LC-36B USA UN Intelsat VA F-11 (Intelsat 512) Intelsat Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 30 September icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-2BL icon USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1687 (US-K №43) Molniya Early warning Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 October |- 2 2 October icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Kapustin Yar Site 107 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1688 (Taifun-2 №21) Low Earth Radar calibration Operational icon USSR O Romb Low Earth Operational 1 3 October icon USSR Vostok-2M icon USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1689 (Resurs-O1 №1) NPO Planeta Low Earth Earth observation Operational 1 3 October icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-ML icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Molniya-3 38L NPO PM Molniya Communications Operational 3 3 October 15:15 USA Space Shuttle 104 no / IUS USA Kennedy LC-39A USAUnited Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with five astronauts; Maiden flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis USA STS-51-J NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 7 October 17:00 USA DSCS-III 2 (USA-11) US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA DSCS-III 3 (USA-12) US Air Force Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 9 October 02:53 USA Atlas E/SGS-2 USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA USA GPS-11 (USA-10) US Air Force Medium Earth Navigation Successful 6 9 October icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1690 (Strela-3 №7) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1691 (Strela-3 №8) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1692 (Strela-3 №9) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1693 (Strela-3 №10) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1694 (Strela-3 №11) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1695 (Strela-3 №12) VKS Low Earth Military communications Operational 1 16 October icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1696 (Zenit-8 №23/Oblik №23) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 21 October icon CHN Long March 2C 2C-Y4 icon CHN Jiuquan LA-2B icon CHN CASC icon CHN FSW-0 7 CAST Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 22 October icon USSR Zenit-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 45/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1697 (EPN 03.0694 №3) Low Earth Vehicle Evaluation Operational 1 22 October icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-2BL icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1698 (US-K №44) Molniya Early warning Operational 1 23 October icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-ML icon USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 icon USSR icon USSR Molniya-1T 65 (Molniya-1T 73L) NPO PM Molniya Communications Operational 1 23 October icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 133/3 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos (Parus №50) NPO PM Low Earth Navigation Failure 1 24 October icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/1 icon USSR icon USSR Meteor-3 1 VNIEM Low Earth Meteorology Operational 1 25 October icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1699 (Yantar-4K2 №18/Kobalt №18) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 25 October icon USSR Proton-K / Blok-DM-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 200/40 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1700 (Luch №1/Altair 11L) NPO PM Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 28 October icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-ML icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Molniya-1T 66 (Molniya-1T 76L) NPO PM Molniya Communications Operational 3 30 October 17:00 USA Space Shuttle Challenger USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with eight astronautsMaiden flight of Spacelab Long Module #2 USA STS-61-A NASA Low Earth Microgravity research Successful 6 November 17:44 2 USA Spacelab Long Module 2 NASA Low Earth (Challenger) Spacelab D1 Successful inherit GER GLOMAR DLR Low Earth Getaway Special Successful 26 December 1986 |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 November |- 1 9 November icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-2BL icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1701 (US-K №45) NPO PM Molniya Early warning Operational 1 13 November icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1702 (Zenit-8 №24/Oblik №24) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 15 November icon USSR Proton-K / Blok-DM icon USSR Baikonur Site 200/39 icon USSR icon USSR Raduga 17 (Gran 28L) NPO PM Geosynchronous Communications Operational 1 22 November icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1703 (Tselina-D №51) Yuzhnoye Low Earth SIGINT Operational 6 27 November 00:29 USA Space Shuttle Atlantis / IUS USA Kennedy LC-39A USA United Space Alliance Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts including the first Mexican space traveller. USA STS-61-B NASA Low Earth Satellite deployment Successful 2 December 21:33 MEX Morelos 2 Morelos Geosynchronous Communications Successful AUS Aussat A2 Aussat Pty Ltd Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA Satcom K2 RCA Americom Geosynchronous Communications Successful USA OEX Target NASA Low Earth Successful 2 March 1987 USA EASE/ACCESS NASA Low Earth (Atlantis) Structure assembly experiment Successful 2 December 21:33 1 28 November icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 133/3 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1704 (Parus №51) NPO PM Low Earth Navigation Operational |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 December |- 1 3 December icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1705 (Zenit-8 №25/Oblik №25) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 11 December icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 16/2 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1706 (Yantar-4K2 №19/Kobalt №19) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance Operational 1 12 December icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1707 (Tselina-D №52) Yuzhnoye Low Earth SIGINT Operational 2 13 December icon USA Scout-G 1 icon USA Wallops LA-3 icon USA icon USA ITV 1 (USA-13) USAF Low Earth ASAT Target Operational icon USA ITV 2 (USA-14) USAF Low Earth ASAT Target Operational 1 13 December icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1708 (Resurs-F1 №) Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation Operational 1 19 December icon USSR Kosmos-3M icon USSR Plesetsk Site 132/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1709 (Parus №52) NPO PM Low Earth Navigation Operational 1 24 December icon USSR Molniya-M / Blok-ML icon USSR Plesetsk Site 43/4 icon USSR icon USSR Molniya-3 40L NPO PM Molniya Communications Operational 3 24 December icon USSR Proton-K / Blok-DM-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 200/39 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1710 (GLONASS №12) NPO PM Medium Earth Navigation Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1711 (GLONASS №13) NPO PM Medium Earth Navigation Operational icon USSR Kosmos 1712 (GLONASS-GVM №8) Medium Earth Dummy Satellite Operational 1 26 December icon USSR Tsyklon-3 icon USSR Plesetsk Site 32/1 icon USSR icon USSR Meteor-2 13 VNIEM Low Earth Meteorology Operational 1 27 December icon USSR Soyuz U icon USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1713 (Efir №2) Low Earth Cosmic radiation Operational 1 28 December icon USSR Zenit-2 icon USSR Baikonur Site 45 icon USSR icon USSR Kosmos 1714 (Tselina-2 №3) Yuzhnoye Low Earth SIGINT Partial Failure |colspan=8 style="background:white;"| 1985 |} 2026 Suborbital flights collapsed 1 13 September USAASM-135 ASAT USACelestial Eagle, Vandenberg USAUS Air Force Successful intercept and destruction of Solwind P78-1. US Air Force Suborbital Anti-satellite weapon Successful 13 September |} Deep Space Rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks11 June Vega 1 delivered lander and balloon on Venus 15 June Vega 2 delivered lander and balloon on Venus 11 September ISEE-3/ICE Flyby of 21P/Giacobini-Zinner EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks16 April3 hours6 minutesSTS-51-D103 noUSAJeffrey A. HoffmanUSAS. David GriggsInstalled an improvised switch-pulling tool, called the Flyswatter, on the RMS robotic arm. The Flyswatter was used in an effort to push the sequencer start lever on the Leasat-3 in the proper position for deployment.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-51D.html Space Shuttle Mission Archives 20 February 2009 2007 NASA https://web.archive.org/web/20090302154305/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-51D.html 2 March 2009 live This attempted repair was the first unplanned spacewalk in NASA history.http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-51d.htm Human Spaceflights - STS-51D 20 February 2009 Becker Joachim Janssen, Heinz Hermann 2009 Space Facts 29 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090729110247/http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-51d.htm live 2 August07:155 hours12:15Salyut 7 EO-4USSRVladimir DzhanibekovUSSRViktor SavinykhInstalled a third pair of solar arrays on exterior of Salyut 7.31 August7 hours20 minutesSTS-51-IDiscoveryUSAWilliam FisherUSAJames van HoftenVan Hoften rode the RMS to capture the Leasat 3 satellite and pulled it into payload bay. Fisher and Van Hoften secured and started repairs on the satellite in the payload bay. The retrieval was complicated by a malfunction of the RMS that made operation of the arm more complicated.http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle20.htm Space Shuttle Flight 20 (STS-51A) 21 February 2009 Space Shuttle Video Library National Space Society July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20120718061547/http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle20.htm 18 July 2012 dead 1 September4 hours26 minutesSTS-51-IDiscoveryUSAWilliam FisherUSAJames van HoftenCompleted repairs on the Leasat 3 satellite. Then Van Hoften, riding the RMS, heaved the satellite out of the payload bay, imparting the required spin needed to fire the perigee motor.29 November5 hours32 minutesSTS-61-B104 noUSAJerry L. RossUSASherwood C. SpringPracticed construction techniques in the payload bay and assembled and disassembled the two experimental EASE/ACCESS structures.https://history.nasa.gov/monograph41.pdf Human Spaceflight 23 February 2009 Rumerman Judith Gamble, Chris Okolski, Gabriel 2007 NASA History Division 45 https://web.archive.org/web/20090227031143/https://history.nasa.gov/monograph41.pdf 27 February 2009 live1 December6 hours41 minutesSTS-61-BAtlantisUSAJerry L. RossUSASherwood C. SpringConducted supplementary experiments on the EASE and ACCESS structures, including a test of the RMS to aid in the construction experiments. References Footnotes 2 1985 on expanded Category:Spaceflight by year