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1979 in spaceflight
Spaceflight-related events of 1979
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Quick Facts Orbital launches, First ...
 The Skylab space station, which decayed from orbit on 11 July | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 2 |
| Total travellers | 4 |
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More information Date and time (UTC), Rocket ...
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
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| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
| Remarks | ||||||||
January | ||||||||
| 11 January 15:07[1] |
 Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
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| Kosmos 1070 |
Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | Reconnaissance | 20 January 1979 | Successful | ||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 13 January 15:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
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| Kosmos 1071 |
Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 16 January 17:37 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1072 |
Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
| 18 January 15:42 |
Molniya-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
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| Molniya 3-11 |
Extremely elliptical orbit (64.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1750 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 January 05:43 |
Vostok-M |
Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Meteor-prigoda 2 (Meteor 1-29) |
SSO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1100 kg) | ||||||||
| 30 January 15:15 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
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| Kosmos 1073 |
Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 30 January 21:42 |
 Delta 2914 |
Cape Canaveral pad LC 17B |
McDonnell Douglas | |||||
| SCATHA |
USAF | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (4.9 degrees inclination) | Communications Technology demo | In orbit | Successful | |||
| Experimental military payload (360 kg) | ||||||||
| 31 January 09:00:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1074 |
Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (7000 kg) | ||||||||
February | ||||||||
| 6 February 08:46 |
 N-I |
Tanegashima, Osaki launch complex |
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| Ayame 1 [ja] (ECS A) |
Extremely Elliptical Orbit (0.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Spacecraft has failed 9 February 1979 during apogee kick motor burn after recontact with 3rd stage | |||||
| Civilian payload (260 kg) | ||||||||
| 8 February 10:00 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1075 |
Low Earth (65.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1080 kg) | ||||||||
| 12 February 13:00:00 |
Tsyklon-3(Cyclone-3) |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 32/2 |
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| Kosmos 1076 |
Low Earth (82.5 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1900 kg) | ||||||||
| 13 February 21:41 |
Vostok-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
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| Kosmos 1077 |
Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
| 16 February 15:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41 |
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| Kosmos (number not assigned) |
no | 16 February 1979 | Failed to reach orbit | |||||
| Military payload | ||||||||
| 18 February 18:59:00[2] |
Scout D-1 S202C |
Wallops LA-3A |
NASA | |||||
| SAGE |
NASA | Low Earth (54.9 degrees inclination) | Earth observation | 11 April 1989 | Successful | |||
| Civilian payload (148.7 kg) | ||||||||
| 21 February 05:00 |
Mu-3C |
Tanegashima, Mu launch complex |
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| Hakucho (CORSA B) |
Low Earth (29.9 degrees inclination) | 16 April 1985 | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (100 kg) | ||||||||
| 21 February 07:49:00 |
Proton-K/DM |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) |
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| Ekran 3 |
GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1970 kg) | ||||||||
| 22 February 12:10 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1078 |
Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 24 February 08:20 |
Atlas F |
Vandenberg pad SLC 3W |
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| Solwind |
Low Earth (97.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1331 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 February 11:53:49 |
Soyuz-U |
Baikonur Site 31/6 |
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| Soyuz 32 |
Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Salyut 6 EO-3 | 13 June 16:18:26 | Successful | ||||
| Crewed flight launching with two cosmonauts, remained in orbit past design life due to Soyuz 33 failure, returned to Earth uncrewed | ||||||||
| 27 February 15:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
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| Kosmos 1079 |
Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
| 27 February 17:00 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2 |
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| Interkosmos 19 |
Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1015 kg) | ||||||||
March | ||||||||
| 1 March 18:45:00 |
Vostok-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
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| Meteor-2-4 |
Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1300 kg) | ||||||||
| 12 March 05:47:28 |
Soyuz-U |
Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 |
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| Progress 5 |
Salyut 6 orbit (Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination)) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (7020 kg) | ||||||||
| 14 March 10:50 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1080 |
Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
| 15 March 02:58 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1081–1088 |
Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (8x61 kg) | ||||||||
| 16 March 18:30 |
Titan 3D |
Vandenberg pad SLC 4E |
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| unknown |
SSO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (13300 kg to SSO, 60 kg to LEO (95.8 degrees)) | ||||||||
| 21 March 04:13 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1089 |
Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
| 31 March 10:45 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1090 |
Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
April | ||||||||
| 7 April 06:20 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| 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 |
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| Soyuz 33 |
Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 6) | Taxi flight | 12 April 16:35 | Spacecraft failure | ||||
| Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Bulgarian in space, main engine failed during rendezvous manoeuvres, docking aborted and spacecraft deorbited using backup engines | ||||||||
| 11 April 21:51 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1092 |
Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
| 12 April 00:28:00 |
Molniya-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Molniya 1-43 |
Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||||
| 14 April 05:27 |
Vostok-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1093 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | ELINT | 23 March 2000 | Successful | ||||
| Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
| 18 April 12:00 |
Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2) |
Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90 |
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| Kosmos 1094 |
Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (3000 kg) | ||||||||
| 20 April 11:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
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| Kosmos 1095 |
Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 April 03:44:00 |
Proton-K/DM |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) |
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| Raduga 5 |
GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1965 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 April 10:00 |
Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2) |
Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90 |
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| Kosmos 1096 |
Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (4000 kg) | ||||||||
| 27 April 17:15 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
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| Kosmos 1097 |
Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
May | ||||||||
| 4 May 18:57:00 |
Atlas SLV 3D |
Cape Canaveral pad LC 36A |
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| Fltsatcom-2 |
GTO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1884 kg) | ||||||||
| 13 May 04:17:10 |
Soyuz-U |
Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 |
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| Progress 6 |
Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (7020 kg) | ||||||||
| 15 May 11:40 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1098 |
Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 17 May 07:10 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1099 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 22 May 23:00:00 |
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 07:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1102 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 28 May 18:30 |
Titan 3B/Agena |
Vandenberg pad SLC 4W |
| |||||
| unknown |
SSO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (4000 kg) | ||||||||
| 31 May 16:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1103 |
Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 31 May 17:58 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1104 |
Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
June | ||||||||
| 2 June 23:26 |
Scout D-1 S198C |
Wallops LA-3A |
| |||||
 Ariel 6 |
unknown | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload | ||||||||
| 5 June 23:28 |
Molniya-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
| |||||
| 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 uncrewed to replace Soyuz 32 which had passed the end of its design life, landed with two cosmonauts | ||||||||
| 6 June 18:22:12 |
Thor DSV-2U |
Vandenberg SLC-10W |
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| DMSP-5D1 F4 (AMS-4) |
US Air Force | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful | |||
| 7 June 10:30 |
Kosmos-3M |
Kapustin Yar pad LC 107 |
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 Bhaskar 1 |
Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (441 kg) | ||||||||
| 8 June 07:10 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1105 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 10 June 13:30:00 |
Titan 3C/Transtage |
Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 |
| |||||
| DSP 11 |
GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1170 kg) | ||||||||
| 12 June 07:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1106 |
Low Earth (81.4 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 15 June 10:50 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
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| Kosmos 1107 |
Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 22 June 07:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
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| Kosmos 1108 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 27 June 15:51:59 |
Atlas F |
Vandenberg pad SLC 3W |
| |||||
| NOAA 6(NOAA A) |
Low Earth (98.5 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (723 kg) | ||||||||
| 27 June 18:11:23 |
Molniya-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 |
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| Kosmos 1109 |
Extremely Elliptical Orbit (62.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1250 kg) | ||||||||
| 28 June 09:25:11 |
Soyuz-U |
Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 |
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| Progress 7 |
Salyut 6 orbit(51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1020 kg) | ||||||||
| 28 June 20:09 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1110 |
Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||||
| 29 June 16:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
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| Kosmos 1111 |
Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
July | ||||||||
| 5 July 23:19:00 |
Proton-K/DM |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) |
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| Gorizont 2 |
GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (2120 kg) | ||||||||
| 6 July 08:20 |
Kosmos-3M |
Kapustin Yar pad LC 107 |
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| Kosmos 1112 |
Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1190 kg) | ||||||||
| 10 July 09:00:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1113 |
Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 11 July 15:41 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
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| Kosmos 1114 |
Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (900 kg) | ||||||||
| 13 July 08:25 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
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| Kosmos 1115 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 20 July 11:58 |
Vostok-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
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| Kosmos 1116 |
Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 July 15:20 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
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| Kosmos 1117 |
Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 27 July 07:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
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| Kosmos 1118 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 27 July 21:28 |
 Feng Bao 1 |
Jiquan Satellite Launch Center NLC |
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| Shi Jian 2 |
27 July 1979 | Failure to reach orbit after 2nd stage malfunction | ||||||
| Civilian payload (770 kg) | ||||||||
| 31 July 03:56 |
Molniya-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
| |||||
| Molniya 1-44 |
Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||||
August | ||||||||
| 3 August 10:45 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
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| Kosmos 1119 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 10 August 00:20 |
Delta 2914 |
Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A |
McDonnell Douglas | |||||
| Westar 3(Westar C) |
GTO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Commercial payload (574 kg) | ||||||||
| 10 August 02:28 |
SLV |
Satish Dhawan Space Centre pad SLV |
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| Rohini RS-1 |
10 August 1979 | Failed to reach orbit due control valve malfunction in 2nd stage | ||||||
| Civilian payload (30 kg) | ||||||||
| 11 August 09:15:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1120 |
Low Earth (70.4 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 14 August 15:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1121 |
Low Earth (67.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
| 17 August 07:45 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1122 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 21 August 11:10 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1123 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 28 August 00:17:04 |
Molniya-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
| |||||
| 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 00:55 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1125 |
Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||||
| 31 August 11:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1126 |
Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
September | ||||||||
| 5 September 10:20 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1127 |
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 14 September 15:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1128 |
Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 20 September 05:28 |
Atlas SLV 3D |
Cape Canaveral pad LC 36B |
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| HEAO 3(HEAO C) |
Low Earth (43.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (3150 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 September 15:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 |
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| Kosmos 1129 |
Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 September 21:00 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1130–1137 |
Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (8x61 kg) | ||||||||
| 28 September 12:20 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1138 |
Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
October | ||||||||
| 1 October 11:22:00 |
Titan 3C/Transtage |
Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 |
| |||||
| unknown |
unknown | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (820 kg) | ||||||||
| 3 October 17:12:00 |
Proton-K/DM |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) |
| |||||
| Ekran 4 |
GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1970 kg) | ||||||||
| 5 October 11:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1139 |
Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 11 October 16:36 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1140 |
Low Earth (74.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||||
| 12 October 12:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
| |||||
| Kosmos, number not assigned |
12 October 1979 | Failed to reach orbit | ||||||
| 16 October 12:17 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1141 |
Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
| 20 October 07:03 |
Molniya-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Molniya 1-45 |
Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||||
| 22 October 12:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1142 |
Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 26 October 18:12 |
Vostok-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1143 |
Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
| 30 October 14:16 |
Scout G-1 S203C |
Vandenberg SLC-5 |
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| Magsat |
Low Earth (96.8 degrees inclination) | 11 June 1980 | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (181 kg) | ||||||||
| 31 October 09:25:00 |
Vostok-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
| |||||
| Meteor 2-5 |
Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1300 kg) | ||||||||
November | ||||||||
| 1 November 08:05 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2 |
| |||||
| Interkosmos 20 |
Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (1100 kg) | ||||||||
| 2 November 16:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1144 |
Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
| 21 November 02:09:36 |
Titan 3C/Transtage |
Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 |
| |||||
| DSCS 2 13, DSCS 2 14 |
GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (2x612 kg) | ||||||||
| 27 November 09:55 |
Vostok-M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1145 |
Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
December | ||||||||
| 5 December 09:00 |
Kosmos-3M |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1146 |
Low Earth (65.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1000 kg) | ||||||||
| 7 December 01:35 |
Delta 3914 |
Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A |
McDonnell Douglas | |||||
| Satcom 3(Satcom C) |
GTO | unknown | Satellite failed while being on the GTO, has been destroyed | |||||
| Commercial payload (895 kg) | ||||||||
| 12 December 12:30 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1147 |
Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 16 December 12:29:50 |
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[3] | ||||||||
| 28 December 11:51:00 |
Proton-K/DM |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) |
| |||||
| Gorizont 3 |
GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (2120 kg) | ||||||||
| 28 December 13:00 |
Soyuz-U |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 |
| |||||
| Kosmos 1148 |
Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
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More information Date (GMT), Spacecraft ...
| 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) |
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More information Start Date/Time, Duration ...
| Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 14:16 |
1 hour 23 minutes |
15:39 | Salyut 6 PE-3 |
Valery RyuminVladimir 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 micrometeoroid detector.[4] |
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