1979 in spaceflight
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 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 |
The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.
Launches
[edit]| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
| Remarks | ||||||||
January[edit] | ||||||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1071
|
Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 16 January 17:37 |
Kosmos-3M
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC132/1
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1072 (Parus #17)
|
Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | Navigation | unknown | Successful | ||||
| Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
| 18 January 15:42 |
Molniya-M
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|
| |||||
| Molniya 3-11
|
Extremely elliptical orbit (64.1 degrees inclination) | Communications | unknown | Successful | ||||
| Civilian payload (1750 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 January 05:43 |
Vostok-2M
|
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6
|
| |||||
| Meteor-Priroda 2-3 (Meteor-1 29)
|
SSO | Meteorology | unknown | Successful | ||||
| Civilian payload (1100 kg) | ||||||||
| 30 January 15:15 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|
| |||||
| 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 Site 31/6
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1074
|
Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) | Test flight | unknown | Successful | ||||
| Military payload (7000 kg) | ||||||||
February[edit] | ||||||||
| 6 February 08:46 |
 N-I
|
Tanegashima, Osaki launch complex
|
| |||||
| Civilian payload (260 kg). Spacecraft has failed 9 February 1979 during apogee kick motor burn after recontact with 3rd stage | ||||||||
| 8 February 10:00 |
Kosmos-3M
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC132/2
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1075
|
Low Earth (65.8 degrees inclination) | Radar calibration | unknown | Successful | ||||
| Military payload (1080 kg) | ||||||||
| 12 February 13:00:00 |
Tsyklon-3
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC32/2
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1076
|
Low Earth (82.5 degrees inclination) | Earth observation | unknown | Successful | ||||
| Military payload (1900 kg) | ||||||||
| 13 February 21:41 |
Vostok-2M
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1077
|
Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
| 16 February 15:00 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC41/1
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| Hakucho (CORSA B)
|
ISAS | Low Earth (29.9 degrees inclination) | X-ray astronomy | 16 April 1985 | Successful | |||
| Civilian payload (100 kg) | ||||||||
| 21 February 07:49:00 |
Proton-K/DM
|
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 200/40
|
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| Ekran 3
|
GEO | Satellite television | unknown | Successful | ||||
| Civilian payload (1970 kg) | ||||||||
| 22 February 12:10 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC41/1
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1078
|
Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 24 February 08:20 |
Atlas F OIS
|
27F | Vandenberg AFB SLC-3W
|
USAF
| ||||
| Solwind (P78-1)
|
USAF STP | Low Earth (97.8 degrees inclination) | Solar physics research | 13 September 1985 | Destroyed by ASAT | |||
| Military payload (1331 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 February 11:53:49 |
Soyuz-U
|
Baikonur Site 31/6
|
| |||||
| Soyuz 32
|
Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Salyut 6 EO-3 | 13 June 16:18:26 |
Successful | ||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| Interkosmos 19
|
Interkosmos | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | Ionospheric research | unknown | Successful | |||
| Civilian payload (1015 kg). Collaboration between USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland. | ||||||||
March[edit] | ||||||||
| 1 March 18:45:00 |
Vostok-M
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1080
|
Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
| 15 March 02:58 |
Kosmos-3M
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1089
|
Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
| 31 March 10:45 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1090
|
Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
April[edit] | ||||||||
| 7 April 06:20 |
Kosmos-3M
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1091
|
Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
| 10 April 17:34:34 |
Soyuz-U
|
Baikonur Site 31/6
|
| |||||
| Soyuz 33
|
Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 6) | Taxi flight | 12 April 16:35 |
Spacecraft failure | ||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1094
|
Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (3000 kg) | ||||||||
| 20 April 11:30 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|
| |||||
| 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)
|
| |||||
| Raduga 5
|
GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1965 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 April 10:00 |
Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2)
|
Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1096
|
Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (4000 kg) | ||||||||
| 27 April 17:15 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1097
|
Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
May[edit] | ||||||||
| 4 May 18:57:00 |
Atlas SLV 3D
|
Cape Canaveral pad LC 36A
|
| |||||
| Fltsatcom-2
|
GTO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (1884 kg) | ||||||||
| 13 May 04:17:10 |
Soyuz-U
|
Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31
|
| |||||
| 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[edit] | ||||||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
 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
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1107
|
Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 22 June 07:00 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1110
|
Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||||
| 29 June 16:00 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1111
|
Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
July[edit] | ||||||||
| 5 July 23:19:00 |
Proton-K/DM
|
Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
|
| |||||
| Gorizont 2
|
GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Civilian payload (2120 kg) | ||||||||
| 6 July 08:20 |
Kosmos-3M
|
Kapustin Yar pad LC 107
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1114
|
Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (900 kg) | ||||||||
| 13 July 08:25 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1115
|
Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
| 20 July 11:58 |
Vostok-M
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1116
|
Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
| 25 July 15:20 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|
| |||||
| Kosmos 1117
|
Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
| Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
| 27 July 07:30 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4
|
| |||||
| 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 LA-2B (Site 138)
|
| |||||
| Shi Jian (2)
|
Intended: Low Earth | Micrometeoroid research, electromagnetic background research | 27 July | Failure | ||||
| Shi Jian (2A)
|
Intended: Low Earth | Ionosphere research | ||||||
| Shi Jian (2B)
|
Intended: Low Earth | Radar calibration | ||||||
| Civilian payload (770 kg). Second stage malfunction | ||||||||
| 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[edit] | ||||||||
| 3 August 10:45 |
Soyuz-U
|
Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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[edit] | ||||||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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
|
| |||||
| 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[edit] | ||||||||
| 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
|
||||||
| 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[edit] | ||||||||
| 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[edit] | ||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
Deep Space Rendezvous
[edit]| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 March | Voyager 1 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: 280,000 kilometres (170,000 mi) |
| 9 July | Voyager 2 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: 645,000 kilometres (401,000 mi) |
| 1 September | Pioneer 11 | Flyby of Saturn | Closest approach: 20,900 kilometres (13,000 mi) |
EVAs
[edit]| 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] |
References
[edit]- Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
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- McDowell, Jonathan. "GCAT Orbital Launch Log".
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Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Cosmos 1070". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "SAGE". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ Hughes, J. (1996) Larousse Desk Reference Encloypedia London RD Press
- ^ Portree, David S. F. (March 1995). "Mir Hardware Heritage" (PDF). NASA. p. 83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.