1979 in spaceflight

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The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.

Launches

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January

11 January
15:07[1] 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1070 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) Reconnaissance 20 January 1979 Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
13 January
15:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1071 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
16 January
17:37 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC132/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1072 (Parus #17) Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) Navigation unknown Successful
Military payload (810 kg)
18 January
15:42 		Template:FlagiconMolniya-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconMolniya 3-11 Extremely elliptical orbit (64.1 degrees inclination) Communications unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1750 kg)
25 January
05:43 		Template:FlagiconVostok-2M Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconMeteor-Priroda 2-3 (Meteor-1 29) SSO Meteorology unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1100 kg)
30 January
15:15 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1073 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
30 January
21:42 		Template:FlagiconDelta 2914 Template:FlagiconCape Canaveral pad LC 17B Template:Flagicon McDonnell Douglas
Template:FlagiconSCATHA USAF Extremely Elliptical Orbit (4.9 degrees inclination) Communications
Technology demo		 In orbit Successful
Experimental military payload (360 kg)
31 January
09:00:00 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1074 Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) Test flight unknown Successful
Military payload (7000 kg)
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February

6 February
08:46 		Template:FlagiconN-I Template:FlagiconTanegashima, Osaki launch complex Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Interlanguage link (ECS A) NASDA Extremely Elliptical Orbit (0.7 degrees inclination) Communications unknown Partial failure
Civilian payload (260 kg). Spacecraft has failed 9 February 1979 during apogee kick motor burn after recontact with 3rd stage
8 February
10:00 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC132/2 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1075 Low Earth (65.8 degrees inclination) Radar calibration unknown Successful
Military payload (1080 kg)
12 February
13:00:00 		Template:FlagiconTsyklon-3 Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC32/2 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1076 Low Earth (82.5 degrees inclination) Earth observation unknown Successful
Military payload (1900 kg)
13 February
21:41 		Template:FlagiconVostok-2M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1077 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (2500 kg)
16 February
15:00 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos (number not assigned) no 16 February 1979 Failed to reach orbit
Military payload
18 February
18:59:00[2] 		Template:FlagiconScout D-1 S202C Template:FlagiconWallops LA-3A Template:Flagicon NASA
Template:FlagiconSAGE NASA Low Earth (54.9 degrees inclination) Earth observation 11 April 1989 Successful
Civilian payload (148.7 kg)
21 February
05:00 		Template:FlagiconMu-3C Template:FlagiconTanegashima, Mu launch complex Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconHakucho (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 		Template:FlagiconProton-K/DM Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome, Site 200/40 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconEkran 3 GEO Satellite television unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1970 kg)
22 February
12:10 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1078 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
24 February
08:20 		Template:FlagiconAtlas F OIS 27F Template:FlagiconVandenberg AFB SLC-3W Template:FlagiconUSAF
Template:FlagiconSolwind (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 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconBaikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconSoyuz 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 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1079 Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6700 kg)
27 February
17:00 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconInterkosmos 19 Interkosmos Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) Ionospheric research unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1015 kg). Collaboration between USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland.
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March

1 March
18:45:00 		Template:FlagiconVostok-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconMeteor-2-4 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1300 kg)
12 March
05:47:28 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconProgress 5 Salyut 6 orbit (Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination)) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (7020 kg)
14 March
10:50 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1080 Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6700 kg)
15 March
02:58 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1081–1088 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (8x61 kg)
16 March
18:30 		Template:FlagiconTitan 3D Template:FlagiconVandenberg pad SLC 4E Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagiconunknown SSO unknown Successful
Military payload (13300 kg to SSO, 60 kg to LEO (95.8 degrees))
21 March
04:13 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1089 Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (810 kg)
31 March
10:45 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1090 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
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April

7 April
06:20 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1091 Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (810 kg)
10 April
17:34:34 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconBaikonur Site 31/6 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconSoyuz 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 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1092 Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (810 kg)
12 April
00:28:00 		Template:FlagiconMolniya-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconMolniya 1-43 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1600 kg)
14 April
05:27 		Template:FlagiconVostok-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1093 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) ELINT 23 March 2000 Successful
Military payload (2500 kg)
18 April
12:00 		Template:FlagiconTsyklon-2(Cyclone-2) Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1094 Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (3000 kg)
20 April
11:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1095 Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
25 April
03:44:00 		Template:FlagiconProton-K/DM Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconRaduga 5 GEO unknown Successful
Military payload (1965 kg)
25 April
10:00 		Template:FlagiconTsyklon-2(Cyclone-2) Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1096 Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (4000 kg)
27 April
17:15 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1097 Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6700 kg)
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May

4 May
18:57:00 		Template:FlagiconAtlas SLV 3D Template:FlagiconCape Canaveral pad LC 36A Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconFltsatcom-2 GTO unknown Successful
Military payload (1884 kg)
13 May
04:17:10 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconProgress 6 Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (7020 kg)
15 May
11:40 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1098 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
17 May
07:10 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1099 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
22 May
23:00:00 		Template:FlagiconProton-K Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 81P (pad 24) Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1100 Kosmos 1101 Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (2x9000 kg)
25 May
07:00 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1102 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
28 May
18:30 		Template:FlagiconTitan 3B/Agena Template:FlagiconVandenberg pad SLC 4W Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagiconunknown SSO unknown Successful
Military payload (4000 kg)
31 May
16:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1103 Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
31 May
17:58 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1104 Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (810 kg)
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June

2 June
23:26 		Template:FlagiconScout D-1 S198C Template:FlagiconWallops LA-3A Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconAriel 6 unknown unknown Successful
Civilian payload
5 June
23:28 		Template:FlagiconMolniya-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconMolniya 3-12 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1750 kg)
6 June
18:12:41 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconBaikonur Site 31/5 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconSoyuz 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 		Template:FlagiconThor DSV-2U Template:FlagiconVandenberg SLC-10W Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconDMSP-5D1 F4 (AMS-4) US Air Force Low Earth Weather In orbit Successful
7 June
10:30 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconKapustin Yar pad LC 107 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconBhaskar 1 Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (441 kg)
8 June
07:10 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1105 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
10 June
13:30:00 		Template:FlagiconTitan 3C/Transtage Template:FlagiconCape Canaveral pad LC 40 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconDSP 11 GEO unknown Successful
Military payload (1170 kg)
12 June
07:00 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1106 Low Earth (81.4 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
15 June
10:50 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1107 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
22 June
07:00 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1108 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
27 June
15:51:59 		Template:FlagiconAtlas F Template:FlagiconVandenberg pad SLC 3W Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconNOAA 6(NOAA A) Low Earth (98.5 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (723 kg)
27 June
18:11:23 		Template:FlagiconMolniya-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1109 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (62.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (1250 kg)
28 June
09:25:11 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconProgress 7 Salyut 6 orbit(51.6 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1020 kg)
28 June
20:09 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1110 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (875 kg)
29 June
16:00 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1111 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
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July

5 July
23:19:00 		Template:FlagiconProton-K/DM Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconGorizont 2 GEO unknown Successful
Civilian payload (2120 kg)
6 July
08:20 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconKapustin Yar pad LC 107 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1112 Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (1190 kg)
10 July
09:00:00 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1113 Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
11 July
15:41 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1114 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (900 kg)
13 July
08:25 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1115 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
20 July
11:58 		Template:FlagiconVostok-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1116 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (2500 kg)
25 July
15:20 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1117 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
27 July
07:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1118 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
27 July
21:28 		Template:FlagiconFeng Bao 1 Template:FlagiconJiquan Satellite Launch Center LA-2B (Site 138) Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconShi Jian (2) Intended: Low Earth Micrometeoroid research, electromagnetic background research 27 July Failure
Template:FlagiconShi Jian (2A) Intended: Low Earth Ionosphere research
Template:Flagicon Shi Jian (2B) Intended: Low Earth Radar calibration
Civilian payload (770 kg). Second stage malfunction
31 July
03:56 		Template:FlagiconMolniya-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconMolniya 1-44 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1600 kg)
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August

3 August
10:45 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1119 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
10 August
00:20 		Template:FlagiconDelta 2914 Template:FlagiconCape Canaveral pad LC 17A Template:Flagicon McDonnell Douglas
Template:FlagiconWestar 3(Westar C) GTO unknown Successful
Commercial payload (574 kg)
10 August
02:28 		Template:FlagiconSLV Template:FlagiconSatish Dhawan Space Centre pad SLV Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconRohini 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 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1120 Low Earth (70.4 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
14 August
15:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1121 Low Earth (67.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6700 kg)
17 August
07:45 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1122 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
21 August
11:10 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1123 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
28 August
00:17:04 		Template:FlagiconMolniya-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 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 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1125 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (875 kg)
31 August
11:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1126 Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
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September

5 September
10:20 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1127 Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
14 September
15:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1128 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
20 September
05:28 		Template:FlagiconAtlas SLV 3D Template:FlagiconCape Canaveral pad LC 36B Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconHEAO 3(HEAO C) Low Earth (43.6 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (3150 kg)
25 September
15:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1129 Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
25 September
21:00 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1130–1137 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (8x61 kg)
28 September
12:20 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1138 Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
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October

1 October
11:22:00 		Template:FlagiconTitan 3C/Transtage Template:FlagiconCape Canaveral pad LC 40 Template:Flagicon
Template:Flagiconunknown unknown unknown Successful
Military payload (820 kg)
3 October
17:12:00 		Template:FlagiconProton-K/DM Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconEkran 4 GEO unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1970 kg)
5 October
11:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1139 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (5500 kg)
11 October
16:36 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1140 Low Earth (74.1 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (875 kg)
12 October
12:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos, number not assigned 12 October 1979 Failed to reach orbit
16 October
12:17 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1141 Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (810 kg)
20 October
07:03 		Template:FlagiconMolniya-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconMolniya 1-45 Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.7 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1600 kg)
22 October
12:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1142 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
26 October
18:12 		Template:FlagiconVostok-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1143 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (2500 kg)
30 October
14:16 		Template:FlagiconScout G-1 S203C Template:FlagiconVandenberg SLC-5
Template:FlagiconMagsat Low Earth (96.8 degrees inclination) 11 June 1980 Successful
Civilian payload (181 kg)
31 October
09:25:00 		Template:FlagiconVostok-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconMeteor 2-5 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1300 kg)
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November

1 November
08:05 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconInterkosmos 20 Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Civilian payload (1100 kg)
2 November
16:00 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1144 Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6700 kg)
21 November
02:09:36 		Template:FlagiconTitan 3C/Transtage Template:FlagiconCape Canaveral pad LC 40 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconDSCS 2 13, DSCS 2 14 GEO unknown Successful
Military payload (2x612 kg)
27 November
09:55 		Template:FlagiconVostok-M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1145 Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (2500 kg)
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December

5 December
09:00 		Template:FlagiconKosmos-3M Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1146 Low Earth (65.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (1000 kg)
7 December
01:35 		Template:FlagiconDelta 3914 Template:FlagiconCape Canaveral pad LC 17A Template:Flagicon McDonnell Douglas
Template:FlagiconSatcom 3(Satcom C) GTO unknown Satellite failed while being on the GTO, has been destroyed
Commercial payload (895 kg)
12 December
12:30 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1147 Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
16 December
12:29:50 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconSoyuz 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 		Script error: No such module "flag".Ariane 1 Template:FlagiconKourou ELA-1 ESA
File:ESA logo simple.svgCAT-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 		Template:FlagiconProton-K/DM Template:FlagiconBaikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconGorizont 3 GEO unknown Successful
Civilian payload (2120 kg)
28 December
13:00 		Template:FlagiconSoyuz-U Template:FlagiconPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 Template:Flagicon
Template:FlagiconKosmos 1148 Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) unknown Successful
Military payload (6000 kg)
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Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
5 March Voyager 1 Flyby of Jupiter Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert".
9 July Voyager 2 Flyby of Jupiter Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert".
1 September Pioneer 11 Flyby of Saturn Closest approach: Script error: No such module "convert".

EVAs

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Remarks
15 August
14:16 		1 hour
23 minutes 		15:39 Salyut 6
PE-3 		Template:FlagiconValery Ryumin
Template:FlagiconVladimir 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

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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  3. ↑ Hughes, J. (1996) Larousse Desk Reference Encloypedia London RD Press
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