1980 in spaceflight

none January 2014 May 2023 yes yes 1980 EC Voyager Saturn.jpg Voyager 1 flew past Saturn on 12 November 9 January 26 December 108 102 6 0 105 Mu-3S Thor DSV-2U 6 13 Timeline of spaceflight 1979 1981 The following is an outline of 1980 in spaceflight. right on Launches 1980 |colspan="8"| January |- 1 9 January 12:15 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1149 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 23 January Successful 1 11 January 12:28 USSR 1955 Molniya-M/ML USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Molniya 1-46 Communications Molniya Successful 22 October 1992 1 18 January 01:26:00 USA Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR USA Cape Canaveral LC-36A USA USA OPS 6293 (FLTSATCOM 3) US Navy Communication Geostationary Successful 1 14 January 19:49 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132/2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1150 (Parus) Navigation Low Earth Successful 1 23 January 07:00 USSR 1955 Tsyklon-3 USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 32/1 USSR 1955 Prototype oceanography satellite, not equipped with radar USSR 1955 Kosmos 1151 (Okean-E No.2) Technology Low Earth Successful 1 24 January 15:45 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1152 (Yantar-2K No.928) Optical imaging Low Earth 6 February Partial spacecraft failure 1 25 January 20:36 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132/2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1153 (Parus) Navigation Low Earth Successful 1 30 January 12:51 USSR 1955 Vostok-2M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/4 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1154 (Tselina-D) SIGINT Low Earth Successful 5 November 2002 |colspan="8"| February |- 1 7 February 11:00 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/4 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1155 (Zenit-6) GRU Optical imaging Low Earth 21 February Successful 1 7 February 21:10 USA Titan III(23)D USA Vandenberg SLC-4E USA USA OPS 2581 (KH-11) NRO Optical imaging Low Earth Successful 30 October 1982 1 9 February 23:08 USA Atlas E/F-SGS-1 USA Vandenberg SLC-3E USA USA 1955 OPS 5117 (Navstar 5) Navigation Medium Earth Successful 8 11 February 23:32 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 132/2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1156 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1157 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1158 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1159 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1160 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1161 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1162 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1163 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful 1 12 February 00:53 USSR 1955Molniya-M/2BL USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 43/4 USSR 1955 Upper stage malfunction USSR 1955 Kosmos 1164 (Oko) Missile defence Intended: MolniyaAchieved: Highly elliptical Launch failure 12 February 1 14 February 15:57 USA Delta 3910 USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA Spacecraft's attitude control system malfunctioned ten months after launch, subsequently repaired by 099 during STS-41-C in April 1984 USA SolarMax NASA Solar Low Earth 2 December 1989 Successful 1 17 February 00:40 JPN 1870 Mu-3S JPN 1870 Kagoshima LA-M JPN 1870 ISAS Maiden flight of Mu-3S JPN 1870 Tansei-4 ISAS Technology Low Earth 12 May 1983 Successful 1 20 February 08:05:00 USSR 1955Proton-K/DM USSR 1955Baikonur Site 200/39 USSR 1955 USSR 1955Gran' No.16L (Raduga) Communications Geosynchronous Successful 1 21 February 12:00 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/4 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1165 (Zenit-4MKM) Optical imaging Low Earth 5 March Successful 1 22 February 08:35 JPN 1870USA N-I JPN 1870 Tanagashima LA-O JPN 1870 NASDA Spacecraft's apogee motor malfunctioned, leaving it with a perigee ~4,000 km (~2,500 mi) short of geostationary orbit. JPN 1870 Ayame-2 NASDA Technology Intended: GeostationaryAchieved: Transfer Spacecraft failure |colspan="8"| March |- 4 3 March 09:27 USA Atlas E/F-MSD USA Vandenberg SLC-3W USA USA OPS 7245 (MSD) NRO Dispenser Low Earth Successful USA OPS 7245 SSU-1 (NOSS SSU) NRO ELINT Low Earth Successful USA OPS 7245 SSU-2 (NOSS SSU) NRO ELINT Low Earth Successful USA OPS 7245 SSU-3 (NOSS SSU) NRO ELINT Low Earth 2 April 2021 16:08Jonathan McDowell McDowell Jonathan planet4589 1378541631117402114 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. 3 April 2021 Successful 1 4 March 10:30 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/4 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1166 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 18 March Successful 1 14 March 10:40 USSR 1955Tsyklon-2 USSR 1955Baikonur Site 90 USSR 1955 USSR 1955Kosmos 1167 (US-P) ELINT Low Earth 1 October 1981 Successful 1 17 March 21:37 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 132/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1168 (Tsikada) Navigation Low Earth Successful 1 27 March 07:30 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 132/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1169 (Taifun-1) Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 March 1983 1 27 March 11:38:22 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Progress 8 Station resupply Low Earth (Salyut 6) 26 April 07:40 Successful |colspan="8"| April |- 1 1 April 08:00 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1170 (Zenit-4MKM) Optical imaging Low Earth 12 April Successful 1 3 April 07:40 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 132/2 USSR 1955 Target for Kosmos 1174, which failed to intercept it USSR 1955 Kosmos 1171 (Lira) ASAT target Low Earth Successful 1 9 April 11:38:22 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR 1955 Crewed flight with two cosmonauts USSR 1955Soyuz 35 Salyut 6 EO-4 Low Earth (Salyut 6) 3 June 15:06 Successful 1 12 April 20:18 USSR 1955Molniya-M/2BL USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 Replacement for Kosmos 1109 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1172 (Oko) Missile defence Molniya Successful 26 December 1997 1 17 April 08:30 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1173 (Zenit-4MKM) Optical imaging Low Earth 28 April Successful 1 18 April 00:51 USSR 1955Tsyklon-2 USSR 1955Baikonur Site 90 USSR 1955 Failed to intercept Kosmos 1171 USSR 1955Kosmos 1174 (IS-A) ASAT test Low Earth 20 April 1981 Spacecraft failure 1 18 April 17:31 USSR 1955Molniya-M/ML USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 Upper stage malfunction USSR 1955 Kosmos 1175 (Molniya-3 No.26) Communications Intended: MolniyaAchieved: Low Earth Launch failure 29 September 1 26 April 22:00 USA Atlas E/F-SGS-1 USAVandenberg SLC-3E USA USAOPS 5118 (Navstar 6) US Air Force Navigation Medium Earth Successful 1 27 April 06:24:00 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Progress 9 Station resupply Low Earth (Salyut 6) 22 May 01:30 Successful 1 29 April 11:40 USSR 1955Tsyklon-2 USSR 1955Baikonur Site 90 USSR 1955 Demonstration of new nuclear reactor safety systems USSR 1955Kosmos 1176 (US-A) Technology Low Earth 4 October Successful 1 29 April 13:30 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1177 (Yantar-4K1 No.2) Optical imaging Low Earth 12 June Successful |colspan="8"| May |- 1 7 May 13:00 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1178 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 22 May Successful 1 14 May 13:00 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 132/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1179 (Taifun-1Yu) Calibration Low Earth Successful 18 July 1989 1 15 May 05:35 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1180 (Zenit-4MT) Optical imaging Low Earth 26 May Successful 1 20 May 09:21 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 132/2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1181 (Parus) Navigation Low Earth Successful 1 23 May 07:10 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1182 (Zenit-4MKT) Optical imaging Low Earth 5 June Successful 7 23 May 14:29:39 icon FRAAriane 1 FRAKourou ELA-1 icon FRAArianespace First stage failure due to combustion instability in main engine; first launch conducted by Arianespace FRACAT-2 ESA/Arianespace Test Intended: GTO 7 7 23 May Launch failure FRGFirewheel MPG Magnetospheric Intended: GTO inherit inherit FRGFIRE B MPG Magnetospheric Intended: GTO inherit inherit FRGFIRE C MPG Magnetospheric Intended: GTO inherit inherit FRGFIRE D MPG Magnetospheric Intended: GTO inherit inherit FRGFIRE E MPG Magnetospheric Intended: GTO inherit inherit FRGAmsat-P3A Amsat-DE Amateur radio Intended: Molniya inherit inherit 1 26 May 18:20:39 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR 1955 Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Hungarian in space USSR 1955Soyuz 36 Salyut 6 EP-5 Low Earth (Salyut 6) 31 July 15:15 Successful 1 28 May 12:00 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1183 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 11 June Successful 1 29 May 10:53 USAAtlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS USAVandenberg SLC-3W USA 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.http://www.astronautix.com/craft/tirosn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20020227123914/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/tirosn.htm dead 27 February 2002 Tiros N Mark Wade Encyclopedia Astronautica 20 December 2011 USANOAA-B NOAA Weather Low Earth 3 May 1981 Launch failure |colspan="8"| June |- 1 4 June 07:34 USSR 1955 Vostok-2M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1184 (Tselina-D) SIGINT Low Earth Successful 29 April 2002 1 5 June 14:19:30 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR 1955 Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first crewed flight of Soyuz-T spacecraft USSR 1955Soyuz T-2 Salyut 6 EP-6 Low Earth (Salyut 6) 9 June 12:39 Successful 1 6 June 07:00 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1185 (Resurs-F1 No.12) Remote sensing Low Earth 20 June Successful 25 6 June 11:00 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 132/1 USSR 1955 Deployed 24 calibration spheres USSR 1955 Kosmos 1186 (Taifun-2) Calibration Low Earth Successful 1 January 1982 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 1 Calibration Low Earth Successful 24 September USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 2 Calibration Low Earth Successful 14 September USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 3 Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 May 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 4 Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 May 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 5 Calibration Low Earth Successful 1 May 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 6 Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 May 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 7 Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 May 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 8 Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 May 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 9 Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 May 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 10 Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 May 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 11 Calibration Low Earth Successful 28 May 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 12 Calibration Low Earth Successful 20 May 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 13 Calibration Low Earth Successful 22 June 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 14 Calibration Low Earth Successful 18 June 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 15 Calibration Low Earth Successful 27 September 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 16 Calibration Low Earth Successful 22 June 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 17 Calibration Low Earth Successful 18 June 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 18 Calibration Low Earth Successful 17 June 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 19 Calibration Low Earth Successful September 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 20 Calibration Low Earth Successful 14 June 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 21 Calibration Low Earth Successful 10 June 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 22 Calibration Low Earth Successful 14 June 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 23 Calibration Low Earth Successful 20 June 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 24 Calibration Low Earth Successful 13 June 1981 1 12 June 12:30 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1183 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 26 June Successful 1 14 June 00:49:50 USSR 1955Proton-K/DM USSR 1955Baikonur Site 200/39 USSR 1955 Operated until 25 October 1988 USSR 1955Gorizont No.15L Communications Operational: GeostationaryCurrent: Graveyard Successful 1 14 June 20:52 USSR 1955Molniya-M/2BL USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 Replacement for Kosmos 1024, operated for only four months USSR 1955 Kosmos 1188 (Oko) Missile defence Molniya Spacecraft failure 1 18 June 06:14:12 USSR 1955 Vostok-2M USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Meteor-Priroda No.3-1 Remote sensing Low Earth Successful 1 March 1992 6 18 June 18:30 USATitan III(23)D USAVandenberg SLC-4E USA All SRVs recovered successfully USAOPS 3123 (KH-9) NRO Optical imaging Low Earth Successful 6 March 1981 USAOPS 3123 RV-1 NRO Film return Low Earth Successful 24 July USAOPS 3123 RV-2 NRO Film return Low Earth Successful 7 September USAOPS 3123 RV-3 NRO Film return Low Earth Successful 24 October USAOPS 3123 RV-4 NRO Film return Low Earth Successful 5 March 1981 USAOPS 3123 RV-5 NRO Film return Low Earth Successful 14 October 1 21 June 18:34 USSR 1955 Molniya-M/ML USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Molniya 1-47 Communications Molniya Successful 1 April 1991 1 26 June 12:20 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1189 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 10 July Successful 1 29 June 04:40:42 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Progress 10 Station resupply Low Earth (Salyut 6) 19 July 02:30 Successful |colspan="8"| July |- 1 1 July 07:12 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132/2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1190 (Strela-2) Communication Low Earth Successful 1 2 July 00:54 USSR 1955Molniya-M/2BL USSR 1955Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 Replacement for Kosmos 1124 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1191 (Oko) Missile defence Molniya Successful 8 9 July 00:42 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132/2 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1192 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1193 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1194 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1195 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1196 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1197 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1198 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 1199 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful 1 9 July 12:40 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1200 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 23 July Successful 1 14 July 22:35 USSR 1955 Proton-K/DM USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 200/40 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Ekran No.19L Communications Geosynchronous Successful 1 15 July 02:22:11 USAThor DSV-2U USAVandenberg SLC-10W USA 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. USADMSP-5D1 F5 (AMS-5) US Air Force Weather Intended: Low Earth Launch failure 15 July 1 15 July 07:30 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1201 (Zenit-4MKT) Optical imaging Low Earth 28 July Successful 1 18 July 02:33:45 INDSLV INDSriharikota FLP INDISRO First successful Indian orbital launch INDRohini RS-1B ISRO Technology Low Earth 20 May 1981 Successful 1 18 July 10:37 USSR 1955 Molniya-M/ML USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Molniya 3-13 Communications Molniya Successful 1 23 July 18:33:03 USSR 1955Soyuz-U USSR 1955Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Vietnamese space traveller USSR 1955Soyuz 37 Salyut 6 EP-7 Low Earth (Salyut 6) 11 October 09:49 Successful 1 24 July 12:40 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1202 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 7 August Successful 1 31 July 07:45 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1203 (Resurs-F1 No.12) Remote sensing Low Earth 14 August Successful 23 31 July 11:00 USSR 1955Kosmos-3M USSR 1955Kapustin Yar Site 107/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 (Taifun-2) Calibration Low Earth Successful 23 February 1981 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 1 Calibration Low Earth Successful 11 October USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 2 Calibration Low Earth Successful 14 October USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 3 Calibration Low Earth Successful 31 October USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 4 Calibration Low Earth Successful 24 October USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 5 Calibration Low Earth Successful 24 October USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 6 Calibration Low Earth Successful 26 October USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 7 Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 8 Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 9 Calibration Low Earth Successful 4 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 10 Calibration Low Earth Successful 10 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 11 Calibration Low Earth Successful 27 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 12 Calibration Low Earth Successful 18 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 13 Calibration Low Earth Successful 18 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 14 Calibration Low Earth Successful 23 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 15 Calibration Low Earth Successful 3 December USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 16 Calibration Low Earth Successful 19 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 17 Calibration Low Earth Successful 17 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 18 Calibration Low Earth Successful 17 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 19 Calibration Low Earth Successful 16 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 20 Calibration Low Earth Successful 23 November USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 21 Calibration Low Earth Successful 14 December USSR 1955 Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 22 Calibration Low Earth Successful 13 December |colspan="8"| August |- 1 12 August 11:50 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1205 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 26 August Successful 1 15 August 05:34 USSR Vostok-2M USSR Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR USSR Kosmos 1206 (Tselina-D) SIGINT Low Earth Successful 14 January 2002 1 22 August 10:00 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1207 (Zenit-4MKT) Optical imaging Low Earth 4 September Successful 1 26 August 15:45 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1208 (Yantar-2K No.927) Optical imaging Low Earth 24 September Successful 1 26 August 16:10 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1236 (Yantar-2K No.941) Optical imaging Low Earth 21 January 1981 Successful |colspan="8"| September |- 1 3 September 10:20 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR 1955 USSR 1955 Kosmos 1209 (Resurs-F1 No.14) Remote sensing Low Earth 17 September Successful 1 9 September 11:00 USSR Vostok-2M USSR Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR USSR Meteor 2-06 Weather Low Earth Successful 1 9 September 22:27 USADelta 3914 USACape Canaveral LC-17A USA Retired and moved to graveyard orbit on 9 November 1988 USAGOES 4 (GOES-D) NOAA Weather Operational: GeostationaryCurrent: Graveyard Successful 1 18 September 19:11:03 USSRSoyuz-U USSRBaikonur Site 1/5 USSR Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Cuban in space USSRSoyuz 38 Salyut 6 EP-8 Low Earth (Salyut 6) 26 September 15:54 Successful 1 19 September 10:10 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1210 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 3 October Successful 1 23 September 10:30 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1211 (Zenit-4MT) Optical imaging Low Earth 4 October Successful 1 26 September 10:10 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1212 (Zenit-4MKT) Optical imaging Low Earth 9 October Successful 1 28 September 15:09:55 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR USSR Progress 11 Station resupply Low Earth (Salyut 6) 11 December 14:45 Successful |colspan="8"| October |- 1 3 October 12:00 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1213 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 17 October Successful 1 5 October 17:10 USSR Proton-K/DM USSR Baikonur Site 200/39 USSR USSR Gran' No.17L (Raduga) Communications Geosynchronous Successful 1 10 October 13:10 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR Final flight of Zenit-4MKM USSR Kosmos 1214 (Zenit-4MKM) Optical imaging Low Earth 23 October Successful 1 14 October 20:41 USSR Kosmos-3M USSR Plesetsk Site 132/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1215 (Tselina-O) SIGINT Low Earth 12 May 1983 Successful 1 16 October 12:20 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1216 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 30 October Successful 1 16 October 12:00 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1219 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 13 November Successful 1 24 October 10:53 USSR Molniya-M/2BL USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR Replacement for Kosmos 1188 USSR Kosmos 1217 (Oko) Missile defence Molniya Successful 1 30 October 10:00 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR USSR Kosmos 1218 (Yantar-4K1 No.3) Optical imaging Low Earth 12 December Successful 1 31 October 03:54 USAAtlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR USACape Canaveral LC-36A USA USAOPS 6294 (FLTSATCOM 4) US Navy Communications Geosynchronous Successful |colspan="8"| November |- 1 4 November 15:04 USSR Tsyklon-2 USSR Baikonur Site 90 USSR USSR Kosmos 1220 (US-P) ELINT Low Earth 20 June 1982 Successful 1 12 November 12:21 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1221 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 26 November Successful 1 15 November 22:49 USA Delta 3910/PAM-D USA Cape Canaveral LC-17A USA Retired on 22 June 1990 and moved to graveyard orbit USA SBS-1 SBS Communications Operational: GeostationaryCurrent: Graveyard Successful 1 16 November 18:34 USSR Molniya-M/ML USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR USSR Molniya 1-48 Communications Molniya Successful 18 November 1995 1 21 November 11:53 USSR Vostok-2M USSR Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR USSR Kosmos 1222 (Tselina-D) SIGINT Low Earth Successful 27 April 2011 1 27 November 21:37 USSR Molniya-M/2BL USSR Plesetsk Site 41/1 USSR Replacement for Kosmos 903 USSR Kosmos 1223 (Oko) Missile defence Molniya Successful 1 27 November 14:18:28 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, first three-man Soyuz flight since 1971 USSR Soyuz T-3 Salyut 6 EO-5 Low Earth (Salyut 6) 10 December 09:26 Successful |colspan="8"| December |- 1 1 December 12:15 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR USSR Kosmos 1224 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 15 December Successful 1 5 December 04:23 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 132/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1225 (Parus) Navigation Low Earth Successful 1 6 December 23:31 USAAtlas SLV 3D Centaur-D1AR USACape Canaveral LC-36B USA UNIntelsat V F-2 Intelsat Communications Geostationary Successful 5 9 December 07:18 USAAtlas E/F-MSD USAVandenberg SLC-3W USA Booster engine failure led to loss of control, rocket turned around and began flying backwards before exploding.http://www.astronautix.com/craft/noss.htm NOSS Mark Wade Encyclopedia Astronautica 20 December 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111011061757/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/noss.htm 11 October 2011 USA OPS 3255 (MSD) NRO Dispenser Intended: Low Earth 5 5 9 December Launch failure USA OPS 3255 SSU-1 (NOSS SSU) NRO ELINT Intended: Low Earth inherit inherit USA OPS 3255 SSU-2 (NOSS SSU) NRO ELINT Intended: Low Earth inherit inherit USA OPS 3255 SSU-3 (NOSS SSU) NRO ELINT Intended: Low Earth inherit inherit USA LIPS-1 NRL Technoilogy Intended: Low Earth inherit inherit 1 10 December 20:53 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 132/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1226 (Tsikada) Navigation Low Earth Successful 1 13 December 16:04 USATitan III(34)B USAVandenberg SLC-4W USA USAOPS 5805 (SDS) NRO Communication Molniya Successful 30 October 1982 1 16 December 12:15 USSR Soyuz-U USSR Plesetsk Site 43/3 USSR USSR Kosmos 1227 (Zenit-6) Optical imaging Low Earth 28 December Successful 8 23 December 22:48 USSRKosmos-3M USSRPlesetsk Site 132/1 USSR USSR Kosmos 1228 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR Kosmos 1229 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR Kosmos 1230 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR Kosmos 1231 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR Kosmos 1232 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR Kosmos 1233 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR Kosmos 1234 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful USSR Kosmos 1235 (Strela-1M) Communication Low Earth Successful 1 25 December 04:02 USSR Molniya-M/SO-L USSR Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR USSR Prognoz 8 SolarMagnetospheric Highly elliptical Successful 28 December 1984 1 26 December 11:49 USSR Proton-K/DM USSR Baikonur Site 200/40 USSR USSR Ekran No.20L Communications Geosynchronous Successful |} 1980 Deep Space Rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks 12 November Voyager 1 Flyby of Saturn Closest approach: 124000 km Orbital launch statistics By country 120 false left Soviet Union: 89 #a52a2a United States: 15 #484785 Japan: 2 #ffffff France: 1 #318ce7 India: 1 #ff9933 Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1973 2 2 0 0 89 87 2 0 15 12 3 0 World 1 1 2 89 15 0 1 2 87 12 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 By rocket By family Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAr Ariane France 1 0 1 0 At Atlas 8 6 2 0 M Mu Japan 1870 1 1 0 0 R-07 R-7 63 61 2 1 R-14 R-14 16 16 0 0 R-36 R-36 5 5 0 0 S SLV 1 1 0 0 Th Thor/Delta 5 4 1 0 Includes N-ITi Titan 3 3 0 0 U Universal Rocket 5 5 0 0 By type Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAriane 1 France Ariane 1 0 1 0 Atlas E/F Atlas 5 3 2 0 Atlas-Centaur Atlas 3 3 0 0 Delta 3000 Thor/Delta 3 3 0 0 Kosmos R-12/R-14 16 16 0 0 Molniya R-07 R-7 12 10 2 0 Mu-3 Japan 1870 Mu 1 1 0 0 N Japan 1870/ Thor/Delta 1 1 0 0 Proton Universal Rocket 5 5 0 0 SLV SLV 1 1 0 0 Soyuz R-07 R-7 45 45 0 0 Titan III Titan 3 3 0 0 Tsyklon R-36 5 5 0 0 Thor DSV-2U Thor/Delta 1 0 1 0 RetiredVostok R-07 R-7 6 6 0 0 By configuration Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksAriane 1 France Ariane 1 1 0 1 0 Atlas E/F-MSD Atlas E/F 2 1 1 0 RetiredAtlas E/F-SGS-1 Atlas E/F 2 2 0 0 RetiredAtlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS Atlas E/F 1 0 1 0 Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR Atlas-Centaur 3 3 0 0 Delta 3910 Delta 3000 1 1 0 0 Delta 3910/PAM-D Delta 3000 1 1 0 0 Delta 3914 Delta 3000 1 1 0 0 Kosmos-3M Kosmos 16 16 0 0 N-I Japan 1870/ N 1 1 0 0 Mu-3S Japan 1870 Mu-3 1 1 0 0 Maiden flightMolniya-M/2BL Molniya 6 5 1 0 Molniya-M/ML Molniya 5 4 1 0 Molniya-M/SO-L Molniya 1 1 0 0 SLV SLV 1 1 0 0 Proton-K/DM Proton 5 5 0 0 Soyuz-U Soyuz 45 45 0 0 Titan III(34)B Titan III 1 1 0 0 Titan III(23)D Titan III 2 2 0 0 Thor DSV-2U Thor DSV-2U 1 0 1 0 RetiredTsyklon-2 Tsyklon 4 4 0 0 Tsyklon-3 Tsyklon 1 1 0 0 Vostok-2M Vostok 6 6 0 0 By launch site Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures RemarksBaikonur 24 24 0 0 Cape Canaveral 6 6 0 0 Kourou 1 0 1 0 Kagoshima Japan 1870 1 1 0 0 Kapustin Yar 1 1 0 0 Plesetsk 64 62 2 0 Sriharikota 1 1 0 0 Tanegashima Japan 1870 1 1 0 0 Vandenberg 9 6 3 0 By orbit Orbital regime Launches Achieved Not Achieved Accidentallyachieved RemarksLow 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 1980 on Category:Spaceflight by year