1981 in spaceflight

Template:Short description Template:WP:WikiProject Timeline of spaceflight/Cleanup Template:Use British English Template:Infobox Year in spaceflight Template:Infobox spaceflight The following is an outline of 1981 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
6 January 12:15	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1237 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	20 January	Successful
		Film capsule recovered
9 January 14:57	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/ML			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Molniya-3 No.25		Molniya	Communications	3 July 1999	Successful
10 January 18:22	Template:Flagicon Nike-Tomahawk			Template:Flagicon Siple Station		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	10 January	Successful
		Apogee:
14 January 22:00	Template:Flagicon TT-500A			Template:Flagicon Tanegashima LA-T		Template:Flagicon NASDA
		Template:Flagicon	NASDA	Suborbital	Test flight	14 January	Successful
		Apogee:
16 January 09:00	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1238 (Taifun-1)		Low Earth	Radar calibration	In orbit	Successful
16 January 12:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1239 (Zenit-4MT)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 January	Successful
		Film capsule recovered
19 January 03:37:27	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VB			Template:Flagicon Churchill		Template:Flagicon NRC
		Template:Flagicon	NRC	Suborbital	Aeronomy	19 January	Successful
		Apogee:
20 January 04:50	Template:Flagicon Astrobee-F			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	20 January	Successful
		Apogee:
20 January 11:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1240 (Yantar-2K No.975)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	17 February	Successful
		Returned three film capsules; two small and one large
21 January 00:25	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VIII-C			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon SPAR-9	NASA	Suborbital	Microgravity research	21 January	Successful
		Apogee:
21 January 08:29	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1241 (Lira)		Low Earth	ASAT Target	In orbit	Successful
		Target for Kosmos 1243 and Kosmos 1258; both interceptors failed
21 January 21:46	Template:Flagicon S-310			Template:Flagicon Kagoshima		Template:Flagicon ISAS
		Template:Flagicon	ISAS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	21 January	Successful
		Apogee:
23 January 11:20	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-3			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 32/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Musson No.11		Intended: Low Earth	Geodesy	23 January	Launch failure
		Payload fairing failed to separate
24 January 14:18:02	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon Progress 12		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Station logistics	20 March	Successful
		Final resupply mission to Salyut 6
26 January 07:20:06	Template:Flagicon Black Brant IVB			Template:Flagicon Churchill		Template:Flagicon NRC
		Template:Flagicon	NRC	Suborbital	Auroral research	26 January	Successful
		Apogee:
27 January 14:58	Template:Flagicon Vostok-2M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1242 (Tselina-D)		Low Earth	ELINT	8 May 2014	Successful
27 January	Template:Flagicon R-39 Rif			Template:Flagicon Nenoksa		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	27 January	Successful
		Apogee: , carried five reentry vehicles
29 January 04:12	Template:Flagicon Astrobee-F			Template:Flagicon Churchill		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Auroral research	29 January	Successful
		Apogee:
29 January 07:00	Template:Flagicon S-520			Template:Flagicon Kagoshima LA-K		Template:Flagicon ISAS
		Template:Flagicon TPE-2	ISAS	Suborbital	Ionospheric research Technology	29 January	Successful
		Apogee:
30 January 16:27	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/ML			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Molniya 1-49		Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Successful
February
2 February 02:19	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1243 (IS-A)		Low Earth	ASAT test	2 February	Spacecraft failure
		Failed to intercept Kosmos 1241; passed within of target but explosive charge failed to detonate
4 February 01:10	Template:Flagicon Aries			Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Technology	4 February	Successful
		Apogee:
4 February 05:00	Template:Flagicon Centaure			Template:Flagicon Thumba
		Template:Flagicon	ISRO	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	4 February	Successful
		Apogee:
4 February 15:00	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-16		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	4 February
		Apogee:
4 February 15:33	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-16		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	4 February
		Apogee:
4 February 15:53	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-16		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	4 February
		Apogee:
5 February 11:25	Template:Flagicon MGM-29 Sergeant			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Auroral research	5 February	Successful
		Apogee:
6 February 08:00	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/1		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon Interkosmos 21	Interkosmos	Low Earth	Technology	7 July 1982	Successful
		Ceased operations on 2 June 1982
7 February 20:13:45	Template:Flagicon Petrel 2			Template:Flagicon Esrange
		Template:Flagicon	SRC	Suborbital	Aeronomy	7 February	Successful
		Apogee:
7 February 20:30:40	Template:Flagicon Nike-Orion			Template:Flagicon Esrange		Template:Flagicon SSC
		Template:Flagicon	SSC	Suborbital	Aeronomy	7 February	Successful
		Apogee:
9 February 14:31	Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-08		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	9 February	Successful
		Apogee:
9 February 16:38	Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-09		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	9 February	Successful
		Apogee:
11 February 08:30	Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon N-II			Template:Flagicon Tanegashima Osaki		Template:Flagicon NASDA
		Template:Flagicon Kiku 3 (ETS-IV)	NASDA	Geostationary transfer	Technology	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of N-II; satellite ceased operations on 24 December 1984
12 February 05:27	Template:Flagicon Centaure 2B			Template:Flagicon Thumba
		Template:Flagicon	ISRO	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	12 February	Successful
		Apogee:
12 February 18:21	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1244 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
13 February 11:15	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1245 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	27 February	Successful
		Film capsule recovered
13 February 17:15	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VIII-C			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Solar research	13 February	Successful
		Apogee:
17 February 17:15	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-16		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	17 February
		Apogee:
17 February 17:51	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-16		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	17 February
		Apogee:
17 February 19:17	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-16		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	17 February
		Apogee:
18 February 09:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1246 (Yantar-1KFT No.1)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	13 March	Successful
18 February	Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon INTA-300			Template:Flagicon El Arenosillo		Template:Flagicon INTA
		Template:Flagicon	INTA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	18 February	Successful
		Apogee:
18 February	Template:Flagicon LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-06		Template:Flagicon United States Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	REV test	18 February	Successful
		Apogee:
19 February 10:00	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/2BL			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 16/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1247 (US-K)		Molniya	Missile defence	In orbit	Successful
21 February 00:30	Template:Flagicon Mu-3S			Template:Flagicon Kagoshima LA-M		Template:Flagicon ISAS
		Template:Flagicon Hinotori (ASTRO-A)	ISAS	Low Earth	Astronomy	11 July 1991	Successful
21 February 23:23	Template:Flagicon Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-36A		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon Comstar D4	COMSAT SSC Parallax TongaSat	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Operational
		Transferred to SSC Parallax as Parallax 1 in 2001, to TongaSat as Esiafi 1 in 2002.
21 February	Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-26		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	21 February	Successful
		Apogee:
25 February 17:20	Template:Flagicon Sergeant-Hydac			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	25 February	Successful
		Apogee:
28 February 19:10	Template:Flagicon Titan III(24)B			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-4W		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon OPS 1166 (KH-8)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Optical imaging	20 June	Successful
March
1 March 09:20	Template:Flagicon OTRAG			Template:Flagicon Seba Oasis		Template:Flagicon OTRAG
		Template:Flagicon	OTRAG	Suborbital	Test flight	1 March	Successful
		Apogee:
5 March 15:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1248 (Yantar-2K No.940)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	4 April	Successful
		Returned three film capsules; two small and one large
5 March 16:48	Template:Flagicon Sergeant-Hydac			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	5 March	Successful
		Apogee:
5 March 18:09	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1249 (US-A)		Low Earth	Radar imaging	19 July	Successful
6 March 11:31	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1250 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1251 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1252 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1253 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1254 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1255 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1256 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1257 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
7 March 08:09	Template:Flagicon Taurus-Orion			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Auroral research	7 March	Successful
		Apogee:
7 March 08:09	Template:Flagicon Taurus-Orion			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Aeronomy Auroral research	7 March	Successful
		Apogee:
7 March 08:26	Template:Flagicon Taurus-Orion			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Auroral research	7 March	Successful
		Apogee:
7 March 08:38	Template:Flagicon Paiute-Tomahawk			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Auroral research	7 March	Successful
		Apogee:
8 March 16:00	Template:Flagicon Nike-Orion			Template:Flagicon Churchill		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon CWAS-1	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	8 March	Successful
		Apogee:
12 March 04:30	Template:Flagicon Sergeant-Hydac			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	12 March	Successful
		Apogee:
12 March 19:00:11	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Soyuz T-4		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 expedition	26 May 12:37:34	Successful
		Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, last long-duration crew of Salyut 6
13 March 16:00	Template:Flagicon Nike-Orion			Template:Flagicon Churchill		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon CWAS-2	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	13 March	Successful
		Apogee:
14 March 16:55	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1258 (IS-A)		Low Earth	ASAT test	14 March	Spacecraft failure
		Failed to intercept Kosmos 1241
15 March	Template:Flagicon LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-03		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	REV test	15 March	Successful
		Apogee:
16 March 19:24:00	Template:Flagicon Titan III(23)C			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-40		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon OPS 7350 (DSP F-9)	US Air Force	Geostationary	Missile defence	In orbit	Successful
		Operated until 1992
17 March 08:40	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1259 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	31 March	Successful
		Film capsule recovered
18 March 04:40	Template:Flagicon Proton-K/DM			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 200/40		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Gran' No.18L		Geosynchronous	Communications
20 March 23:45	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1260 (US-P)		Low Earth	ELINT	22 May 1982	Successful
22 March 14:58:55	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Soyuz 39		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 visit	30 March 11:40:58	Successful
		Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, carried first Mongolian in space
24 March 03:00	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VIII-C			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	24 March	Successful
		Apogee:
24 March 03:31	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/ML			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Molniya-3 No.24		Molniya	Communications	19 October 1992	Successful
25 March 08:05:16	Template:Flagicon Taurus Tomahawk			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	25 March	Successful
		Apogee:
28 March 01:54:06	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VB			Template:Flagicon Churchill		Template:Flagicon NRC
		Template:Flagicon	NRC	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	28 March	Successful
		Apogee:
28 March 01:54	Template:Flagicon Black Brant IVB			Template:Flagicon Churchill		Template:Flagicon NRC
		Template:Flagicon	NRC	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	28 March	Successful
		Apogee:
28 March 09:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Yantar-2K No.979		Intended: Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 March	Launch failure
		Failed to orbit
30 March 05:52:55	Template:Flagicon Nike-Orion			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon DNA
		Template:Flagicon	DNA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	30 March	Successful
		Apogee:
31 March 09:40	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/2BL			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1261 (US-K)		Molniya	Missile defence	In orbit	Successful
April
1 April 09:04:35	Template:Flagicon Taurus-Tomahawk			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	1 April	Successful
		Apogee:
1 April 09:10	Template:Flagicon UGM-96 Trident I C4			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	1 April	Successful
		Apogee:
1 April	Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-04		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	1 April	Successful
		Apogee:
1 April	Template:Flagicon R-39 Rif			Template:Flagicon Nenoksa		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	1 April	Launch failure
		Apogee:
2 April 09:48	Template:Flagicon Taurus-Orion			Template:Flagicon Wallops		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	2 April	Successful
		Apogee:
3 April 06:20:55	Template:Flagicon Nike-Orion			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon DNA
		Template:Flagicon	DNA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	3 April	Successful
		Apogee:
3 April 09:51	Template:Flagicon Taurus-Orion			Template:Flagicon Wallops		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	3 April	Successful
		Apogee:
4 April	Template:Flagicon LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-06		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	REV test	4 April	Successful
		Apogee:
7 April 10:51	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1262 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	21 April	Successful
		Film capsule recovered
7 April 14:00	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-16		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	7 April	Unknown
		Apogee:
7 April 14:19	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-16		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	7 April	Unknown
		Apogee:
7 April 14:40	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-16		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	7 April	Unknown
		Apogee:
9 April 12:00	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1263 (Taifun-1)		Low Earth	Radar calibration	In orbit	Successful
12 April 12:00:04	Template:Flagicon Space ShuttleTemplate:SpColumbia			Template:Flagicon Kennedy LC-39A		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon STS-1	NASA	Low Earth	Test flight	14 April	Successful
		Template:Flagicon DFI	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Flight recorder		Successful
		Maiden flight of the Space Shuttle, carried two astronauts
15 April 10:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1264 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	29 April	Successful
		Film capsule recovered
16 April 11:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1265 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 April	Successful
		Film capsule recovered
18 April	Template:Flagicon MR-UR-100U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 172		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	18 April	Successful
		Apogee:
21 April 03:45	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1266 (US-A)		Low Earth	Radar imaging	20 May
		Nuclear powered; reactor ejected and remains in orbit
22 April	Template:Flagicon R-39 Rif			Template:Flagicon Nenoksa		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	22 April	Launch failure
		Failed to reach space; apogee:
24 April 21:32	Template:Flagicon Titan III(34)B			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-4W		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon OPS 7225 (Quasar)	NRO	Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Successful
25 April 02:01	Template:Flagicon Proton-K			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 200/39		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1267 (TKS No.16301)		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Technology	29 July 1982	Successful
		Technology demonstration for modular space stations; permanently docked to Salyut 6 and used to deorbit station; return capsule separated prior to docking and recovered on 24 May 1981
27 April 23:15	Template:Flagicon Aries			Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	27 April	Successful
		Apogee:
28 April 09:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1268 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	12 May	Successful
		Film capsule recovered
30 April 06:00	Template:Flagicon Skylark 7			Template:Flagicon Esrange
		Template:Flagicon TEXUS IIIB	DFVLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research	30 April	Successful
		Apogee:
April	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike
		Apogee: , launched as part of the Iran–Iraq War
April	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee: , launched as part of the Iran–Iraq War
April	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee: , launched as part of the Iran–Iraq War
April	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee: , launched as part of the Iran–Iraq War
April	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee: , launched as part of the Iran–Iraq War
May
4 May 07:55	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VIII-C			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	4 May	Successful
		Apogee:
6 May 08:00	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VIII-C			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	6 May	Successful
		Apogee:
7 May 13:21	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1269 (Strela-2M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
8 May 05:27	Template:Flagicon Skylark 7			Template:Flagicon Esrange
		Template:Flagicon TEXUS IV	DFVLR	Suborbital	Microgravity research	8 May	Successful
		Apogee:
14 May 17:16:38	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Soyuz 40		Low Earth	Salyut 6 visit	22 May 13:58:30	Successful
		Crewed mission with two cosmonauts, carried first Romanian in space. Final crewed flight to Salyut 6, final flight of Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft
14 May 21:45	Template:Flagicon Vostok-2M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Meteor-2 No.8		Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
15 May 06:07:17	Template:Flagicon Scout G-1			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-5		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon Nova-1 (NNS-30480)	US Navy	Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
18 May 11:50	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1270 (Yantar-2K No.980)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	17 June	Successful
19 May 03:49	Template:Flagicon Vostok-2M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1271 (Tselina-D)		Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
21 May 09:10	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1272 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	4 June	Successful
22 May 07:10	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1273 (Zenit-4MKT No.17)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	4 June	Successful
22 May 22:29	Template:Flagicon Delta 3914			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-17A		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon GOES 5 (GOES-E)	NOAA	Geostationary	Weather	In orbit	Partial spacecraft failure
		Primary instrument failed in 1984, satellite remained partially operable until decommissioned on 18 July 1990
23 May 22:42	Template:Flagicon Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-36B		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon Intelsat V F-1	Intelsat	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
27 May 04:25	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VC			Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	JHU	Suborbital	Ultraviolet astronomy	27 May	Successful
		Apogee:
31 May 05:00	Template:Flagicon Satellite Launch Vehicle			Template:Flagicon Sriharikota SLV Pad		Template:Flagicon ISRO
		Template:Flagicon Rohini RS-D1	ISRO	Low Earth	Technology	8 June	Launch failure
		Reached lower-than-planned orbit and quickly decayed
May	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
May	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
May	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
May	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
June
3 June 14:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1274 (Yantar-2K No.942)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	3 July	Successful
3 June	Template:Flagicon S3			Template:Flagicon Biscarosse		Template:Flagicon DGA
		Template:Flagicon	DGA	Suborbital	Test flight	3 June	Successful
		Apogee:
4 June 15:41	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1275 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
9 June 03:33	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/ML			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Molniya-3 No.30		Molniya	Communications	10 February 1998	Successful
12 June	Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-09		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	12 June	Successful
		Apogee:
12 June	Template:Flagicon Castor I			Template:Flagicon Roi-Namur		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon DOT-4	US Air Force	Suborbital	Technology	12 June	Successful
		Apogee:
16 June 07:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1276 (Zenit-4MKT No.18)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	29 June	Successful
17 June 09:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1277 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	1 July	Successful
19 June 01:15	Template:Flagicon UGM-73 Poseidon C3			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	19 June	Successful
		Apogee:
19 June 01:15	Template:Flagicon UGM-73 Poseidon C3			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	19 June	Successful
		Apogee:
19 June 01:16	Template:Flagicon UGM-73 Poseidon C3			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	19 June	Successful
		Apogee:
19 June 01:16	Template:Flagicon UGM-73 Poseidon C3			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	19 June	Successful
		Apogee:
19 June 12:32:59	Template:Flagicon Ariane 1			Template:Flagicon Kourou ELA-1		Template:Flagicon Arianespace
		File:EUMETSAT logo 2020.svg Meteosat 2	EUMETSAT	Geosynchronous	Weather	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon APPLE	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Communications Technology	In orbit	Successful
		File:European Space Agency logo.svg CAT-3	European Space Agency	Geosynchronous transfer	Vehicle monitoring	In orbit	Successful
19 June 19:37:04	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/2BL			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1278 (US-K)		Molniya	Missile defence	2 September 2000	Successful
23 June 10:52:59	Template:Flagicon Atlas E/F Star-37S-ISS			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-3W		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon NOAA-7 (NOAA-C)	NOAA	Sun-synchronous	Weather	In orbit	Successful
24 June 17:47	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/ML			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Molniya 1-50		Molniya	Communications	14 December 1991	Successful
25 June 23:55	Template:Flagicon Proton-K/DM			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 200/40		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Ekran No.21L		Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
26 June	Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-26		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	26 June	Successful
		Apogee:
June	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
June	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
June	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
June	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
June	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee:
June	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee:
June	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee:
July
1 July 09:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1279 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	15 July	Successful
2 July 07:10	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1280 (Resurs-F1 No.15L)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	16 July	Successful
7 July 12:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1281 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	21 July	Successful
10 July 05:14	Template:Flagicon Vostok-2M			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Meteor-Priroda 2-4		Sun-synchronous	Weather	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Iskra 1		Sun-synchronous	Microgravity research	16 April 1990	Successful
11 July 14:48	Template:Flagicon UGM-73 Poseidon C3			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	11 July	Successful
		Apogee:
11 July 14:48	Template:Flagicon UGM-73 Poseidon C3			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	11 July	Successful
		Apogee:
11 July 14:49	Template:Flagicon UGM-73 Poseidon C3			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	11 July	Successful
		Apogee:
11 July 14:49	Template:Flagicon UGM-73 Poseidon C3			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	11 July	Successful
		Apogee:
15 July 13:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1282 (Yantar-2K No.951)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	14 August	Successful
17 July 08:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1283 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	31 July	Successful
29 July 11:55	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1284 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	12 August	Successful
30 July 21:38	Template:Flagicon Proton-K/DM			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 200/39		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Gran' No.19L		Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Operated until May 1986
31 July 10:50	Template:Flagicon Aries			Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Infrared astronomy	31 July	Successful
		Apogee:
July	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
July	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
July	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
August
1 August 22:00	Template:Flagicon TT-500A			Template:Flagicon Tanegashima LA-T		Template:Flagicon NASDA
		Template:Flagicon	NASDA	Suborbital	Test flight	1 August	Successful
		Apogee:
3 August 09:56	Template:Flagicon Delta 3913			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-2W		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon Dynamics Explorer 1 (Explorer 62)	NASA	Highly elliptical	Magnetospheric	In orbit	Partial launch failure
		Template:Flagicon Dynamics Explorer 2 (Explorer 63)	NASA	Low Earth	Magnetospheric	19 February 1983	Partial launch failure
		Both payloads deployed into low Earth orbit, with DE-1 raising itself into its operational orbit. Premature first-stage cutoff resulted in slightly lower orbit than had been planned, spacecraft were able to compensate and complete their missions.
4 August 00:13	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/2BL			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 16/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1285 (US-K)		Molniya	Missile defence	In orbit	Successful
4 August 08:28	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1286 (US-PM)		Low Earth	ELINT	16 October 1982	Successful
6 August 08:16:00	Template:Flagicon Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-36A
		Template:Flagicon FLTSATCOM 5	US Navy	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Launch failure
		Payload fairing collapsed during ascent, resulting in damage which left satellite unusable after arrival in geosynchronous orbit
6 August 11:49	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1287 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1288 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1289 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1290 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1291 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1292 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1293 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1294 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
7 August 13:35	Template:Flagicon Vostok-2M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3
		Template:Flagicon Bulgaria 1300 (Interkosmos 22)	IKIT	Low Earth	Operational	In orbit	Successful
		First Bulgarian satellite, launched as part of the Interkosmos programme
9 August	Template:Flagicon Taurus-Orion			Template:Flagicon Wallops		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	9 August	Successful
		Apogee:
10 August 20:03	Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon N-II			Template:Flagicon Tanegashima Osaki		Template:Flagicon NASDA
		Template:Flagicon Himawari 2	JMA	Geostationary	Weather	In orbit	Successful
		Operated until February 1988
12 August 05:46	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1295 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
13 August 02:26	Template:Flagicon UGM-96 Trident I C4			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	13 August	Successful
		Apogee:
13 August 02:46	Template:Flagicon UGM-96 Trident I C4			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	13 August	Successful
		Apogee:
13 August 03:32	Template:Flagicon UGM-96 Trident I C4			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	13 August	Successful
		Apogee:
13 August 03:32	Template:Flagicon UGM-96 Trident I C4			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	13 August	Successful
		Apogee:
13 August 16:20	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1296 (Yantar-2K No.943)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	13 September	Successful
14 August 07:43	Template:Flagicon Black Brant X			Template:Flagicon Wallops		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Test flight	14 August	Successful
		Apogee:
18 August 09:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1297 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	30 August	Successful
18 August	Template:Flagicon R-36MUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Uzhur Site 2/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	18 August	Successful
		Apogee:
21 August 10:20	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1298 (Yantar-4K2)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	2 October	Successful
22 August 01:00	Template:Flagicon UGM-73 Poseidon C3			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	22 August	Successful
		Apogee:
24 August 12:00	Template:Flagicon S-310			Template:Flagicon Kagoshima		Template:Flagicon ISAS
		Template:Flagicon	ISAS	Suborbital	Aeronomy Auroal research	24 August	Successful
		Apogee:
24 August 16:37	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1299 (US-A)		Low Earth	Radar imaging	27 September
		Nuclear-powered satellite, reactor ejected at end of mission and remains in orbit
24 August 21:40	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-3			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 32/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1300 (Tselina-D)		Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
25 August	Template:Flagicon Taurus-Orion			Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	25 August	Successful
		Apogee:
27 August 10:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1301 (Resurs-F1 No.16L)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	10 September	Successful
28 August 00:03	Template:Flagicon UGM-96 Trident I C4			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	28 August	Successful
		Apogee:
28 August 00:04	Template:Flagicon UGM-96 Trident I C4			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	28 August	Successful
		Apogee:
28 August 00:04	Template:Flagicon UGM-96 Trident I C4			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	28 August	Successful
		Apogee:
28 August 00:04	Template:Flagicon UGM-96 Trident I C4			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	28 August	Successful
		Apogee:
28 August 02:40	Template:Flagicon R-5 Vertikal			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon Vertikal 9		Suborbital	Solar research	28 August	Successful
		Apogee:
28 August 16:18	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1302 (Strela-2M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
August	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
August	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
August	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
August	Template:Flagicon MR-12			Template:Flagicon Professor Zubov, Atlantic Ocean		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Aeronomy		Successful
		Apogee:
September
3 September 18:29	Template:Flagicon Titan III(32)D			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-4E		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon OPS 3984 (KH-11)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Optical imaging	23 November 1984	Successful
4 September 08:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1303 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	18 September	Successful
4 September 11:06	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1304 (Tsikada)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
5 September 01:00	Template:Flagicon S-520			Template:Flagicon Kagoshima LA-K		Template:Flagicon ISAS
		Template:Flagicon	ISAS	Suborbital	Technology	5 September	Successful
		Apogee: , payload recovered
7 September 09:38	Template:Flagicon S-310			Template:Flagicon Kagoshima		Template:Flagicon ISAS
		Template:Flagicon	ISAS	Suborbital	Aeronomy	7 September	Successful
		Apogee:
8 September	Template:Flagicon UR-100N			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	8 September	Launch failure
11 September 08:43	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/ML			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1305 (Molniya-3 No.28)		Intended: Molniya Achieved: Medium Earth	Communications	In orbit	Launch failure
		Placed into unusable, lower-than-planned, orbit due to upper stage malfunction
12 September	Template:Flagicon LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-06		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	REV test	12 September	Successful
		Apogee:
14 September 20:31	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-2			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 90		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1306 (US-PM)		Low Earth	ELINT	12 July 1982	Successful
15 September 11:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1307 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	29 September	Successful
18 September 03:34	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1308 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
18 September 09:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1309 (Zenit-4MT)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	1 October	Successful
18 September 17:59:58	Template:Flagicon Vertikal-4			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Plasma research	18 September	Successful
		Apogee:
19 September 21:28:40	Template:Flagicon Feng Bao 1			Template:Flagicon Jiuquan LA-2B (Site 138)		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon Shijian 2		Low Earth	Micrometeoroid research, electromagnetic background research	17 August 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Shijian 2A		Low Earth	Ionosphere research	6 October 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Shijian 2B		Low Earth	Radar calibration	26 September	Successful
		Final flight of the Feng Bao 1
21 September 13:10	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-3			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 32/1		Template:Flagicon
		Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Oreol 3		Low Earth	Magnetospheric research	In orbit	Successful
22 September 16:15	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Fort Bliss		Template:Flagicon United States Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	22 September	Successful
		Apogee:
22 September 16:48	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Fort Bliss		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	22 September	Successful
		Apogee:
23 September 08:00	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1310 (Taifun-1)		Low Earth	Radar calibration	3 April 1989	Successful
24 September 23:09	Template:Flagicon Delta 3910/PAM-D			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-17A		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon SBS-2	SBS	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Operated until September 1996
28 September 21:00	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 (Taifun-2)		Low Earth	Radar calibration	28 August 1983	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 1		Low Earth	Radar calibration	27 February 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 2		Low Earth	Radar calibration	26 February 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 3		Low Earth	Radar calibration	5 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 4		Low Earth	Radar calibration	5 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 5		Low Earth	Radar calibration	17 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 6		Low Earth	Radar calibration	16 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 7		Low Earth	Radar calibration	22 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 8		Low Earth	Radar calibration	23 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 9		Low Earth	Radar calibration	24 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 10		Low Earth	Radar calibration	18 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 11		Low Earth	Radar calibration	17 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 12		Low Earth	Radar calibration	17 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 13		Low Earth	Radar calibration	16 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 14		Low Earth	Radar calibration	31 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 15		Low Earth	Radar calibration	31 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 16		Low Earth	Radar calibration	31 December 1982	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 17		Low Earth	Radar calibration	28 February 1983	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 18		Low Earth	Radar calibration	28 February 1983	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 19		Low Earth	Radar calibration	28 February 1983	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 20		Low Earth	Radar calibration	28 February 1983	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 21		Low Earth	Radar calibration	28 February 1983	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 22		Low Earth	Radar calibration	28 February 1983	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 23		Low Earth	Radar calibration	28 February 1983	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1311 Subsatellite 24		Low Earth	Radar calibration	28 February 1983	Successful
29 September	Template:Flagicon RT-2PM Topol			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 167		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	29 September	Successful
		Maiden flight of Topol missile, apogee:
29 September	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Fort Bliss		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	29 September	Unknown
		Apogee:
29 September	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Fort Bliss		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	29 September	Unknown
		Apogee:
30 September 08:00	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-3			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 32/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1312 (Musson No.12)		Low Earth	Geodesy	In orbit	Successful
30 September 23:20:00	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VIII-C			Template:Flagicon Esrange		Template:Flagicon SSC
		Template:Flagicon	SSC	Suborbital	Infrared astronomy	30 September	Successful
		Apogee:
30 September	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VC			Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Solar research	30 September	Successful
		Apogee:
October
1 October 09:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1313 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	15 October	Successful
4 October	Template:Flagicon LGM-30B Minuteman IB			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-03		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	REV test	4 October	Successful
		Apogee:
6 October 11:27	Template:Flagicon Delta 2310			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-2W		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon Solar Mesosphere Explorer (Explorer 64)	NASA	Sun-synchronous	Atmospheric research	5 March 1991	Successful
		Template:Flagicon UoSAT-1	Surrey	Sun-synchronous	Technology Amateur radio	13 October 1989	Successful
9 October 10:40	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1314 (Zenit-4MKT)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	22 October	Successful
9 October 16:59	Template:Flagicon Proton-K/DM			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 200/39		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Gran' No.20L		Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
13 October 23:01	Template:Flagicon Vostok-2M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 43/3		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1315 (Tselina-D)		Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
13 October	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Fort Bliss		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	13 October	Successful
		Apogee:
13 October	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Fort Bliss		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	13 October	Successful
		Apogee:
14 October 05:47	Template:Flagicon Nike-Orion			Template:Flagicon Wallops		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	14 October	Successful
		Apogee:
15 October 09:15	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1316 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	29 October	Successful
16 October	Template:Flagicon Nike-Tomahawk			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 October	Successful
		Apogee:
17 October 05:59	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/ML			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Molniya-3 No.31		Molniya	Communications	9 January 1997	Successful
17 October	Template:Flagicon Astrobee-F			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	17 October	Successful
		Apogee:
21 October	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Fort Bliss		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	21 October	Successful
		Apogee:
21 October	Template:Flagicon MGM-31A Pershing			Template:Flagicon Fort Bliss		Template:Flagicon US Army
		Template:Flagicon	US Army	Suborbital	Test flight	21 October	Unknown
		Apogee:
25 October 19:01:00	Template:Flagicon Nike-Tomahawk			Template:Flagicon Andøya		Template:Flagicon NDRE
		Template:Flagicon	NDRE	Suborbital	Auroral research	25 October	Successful
		Apogee:
30 October 06:04	Template:Flagicon Proton-K/D-1			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 200/40		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Venera 13		Heliocentric	Venus lander	1 March 1982 03:20	Successful
31 October 09:22:00	Template:Flagicon Titan III(23)C			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-40		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon OPS 4029 (Vortex)	NRO	High Earth	SIGINT	In orbit	Successful
31 October 22:54	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/2BL			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 16/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1317 (US-K)		Molniya	Missile defence	In orbit	Successful
November
3 November 13:00	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1318 (Yantar-2K No.944)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	4 December	Successful
4 November 05:31	Template:Flagicon Proton-K/D-1			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 200/39		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Venera 14		Heliocentric	Venus lander	5 March 1982	Partial spacecraft failure
		Surface sampler failed due to ejection of camera lens cap into its path
7 November 12:03:40	Template:Flagicon MGM-29 Sergeant			Template:Flagicon Poker Flat		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Auroral research	7 November	Successful
		Apogee:
9 November	Template:Flagicon Taurus-Orion			Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-36		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 November	Successful
		Apogee:
12 November 15:10:00	Template:Flagicon Space ShuttleTemplate:SpColumbia			Template:Flagicon Kennedy LC-39A		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon STS-2	NASA	Low Earth	Test flight	14 November	Partial spacecraft failure
		Template:Flagicon DFI	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Vehicle monitoring	Unknown	Successful
		Template:Flagicon OFTP		Low Earth (Columbia)	Remote sensing	Successful
		Template:Flagicon OSTA-1		Low Earth (Columbia)	Technology	Successful
		Crewed flight with two astronauts, first spacecraft to make two orbital flights. Mission truncated due to fuel cell failure
13 November 09:30	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1319 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	27 November	Successful
15 November 17:50	Template:Flagicon UGM-96 Trident I C4			Template:Flagicon , Eastern Test Range		Template:Flagicon US Navy
		Template:Flagicon	US Navy	Suborbital	Test flight	15 November	Launch failure
		Apogee: , failed to reach space
17 November 15:25	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/ML			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 41/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Molniya 1-51		Molniya	Communications	2 November 1993	Successful
17 November	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VIII-B			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	17 November	Successful
		Apogee:
17 November	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VIII-B			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy	17 November	Successful
		Apogee:
20 November 01:37	Template:Flagicon Delta 3910/PAM-D			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-17A		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon Satcom 3R	RCA Satcom	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Decommissioned on 10 April 1991
20 November 08:30	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107/2		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon Bhaskara 2	ISRO	Low Earth	Remote sensing	30 November 1991	Successful
23 November 18:35	Template:Flagicon Black Brant VIII-C			Template:Flagicon White Sands		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Solar research	23 November	Successful
		Apogee:
24 November	Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-09		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	24 November	Successful
		Apogee:
27 November	Template:Flagicon R-39 Rif			Template:Flagicon Nenoksa		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	27 November	Successful
		Apogee:
28 November 18:08	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1320 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1321 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1322 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1323 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1324 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1325 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1326 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1327 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
November	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee:
November	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee:
December
1 December 01:38	Template:Flagicon Black Brant X			Template:Flagicon Cape Parry		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	1 December	Successful
		Apogee:
1 December 15:50:00	Template:Flagicon Petrel 1			Template:Flagicon Esrange		Template:Flagicon SRC
		Template:Flagicon	SRC	Suborbital	Aeronomy	1 December	Successful
		Apogee:
3 December 11:47	Template:Flagicon Tsyklon-3			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 32/1		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1328 (Tselina-D)		Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
4 December 09:50	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1329 (Zenit-6U)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	18 December	Successful
6 December 23:14:58	Template:Flagicon Black Brant IVB			Template:Flagicon Cape Parry		Template:Flagicon NRC
		Template:Flagicon	NRC	Suborbital	Auroral research	6 December	Successful
		Apogee:
7 December 00:00:40	Template:Flagicon Terrier-Malemute			Template:Flagicon Cape Parry		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	7 December	Successful
		Apogee:
7 December	Template:Flagicon Dongfeng 5			Template:Flagicon Jiuquan LA-2/138		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Test flight	7 December	Successful
		Apogee:
8 December	Template:Flagicon Aerobee-150			Template:Flagicon White Sands LC-35		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Magnetospheric research	8 December	Successful
		Apogee:
9 December 17:17:00	Template:Flagicon Petrel 2			Template:Flagicon Esrange		Template:Flagicon SRC
		Template:Flagicon	SRC	Suborbital	Aeronomy	9 December	Successful
		Apogee:
9 December 21:25:35	Template:Flagicon Skylark 7			Template:Flagicon Esrange		Template:Flagicon DFVLR
		Template:Flagicon	DFVLR	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	9 December	Successful
		Apogee:
9 December	Template:Flagicon LGM-30G Minuteman III			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg LF-26		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon	US Air Force	Suborbital	Test flight	9 December	Successful
		Apogee:
10 December	Template:Flagicon Sonda 3			Template:Flagicon Barreira do Inferno		Template:Flagicon IAE
		Template:Flagicon	IAE	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	10 December	Successful
		Apogee:
13 December 21:31:38	Template:Flagicon Black Brant IVB			Template:Flagicon Cape Parry		Template:Flagicon NRC
		Template:Flagicon	NRC	Suborbital	Auroral research	13 December	Launch failure
		Apogee: , failed to reach space
13 December 22:54:25	Template:Flagicon Black Brant X			Template:Flagicon Cape Parry		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon	NASA	Suborbital	Plasma research	13 December	Successful
		Apogee:
15 December 23:35	Template:Flagicon Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR			Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral LC-36A		Template:Flagicon NASA
		Template:Flagicon Intelsat V F-3	Intelsat	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
16 December 14:10:00	Template:Flagicon Petrel 1			Template:Flagicon Esrange		Template:Flagicon SRC
		Template:Flagicon	SRC	Suborbital	Aeronomy	16 December	Successful
		Apogee:
17 December 11:00	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3M			Template:Flagicon Plesetsk Site 132/2		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Radio Sputnik 3		Low Earth	Amateur radio	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Radio Sputnik 4		Low Earth	Amateur radio	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Radio Sputnik 5		Low Earth	Amateur radio	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Radio Sputnik 6		Low Earth	Amateur radio	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Radio Sputnik 7		Low Earth	Amateur radio	In orbit	Successful
		Template:Flagicon Radio Sputnik 8		Low Earth	Amateur radio	In orbit	Successful
19 December 01:10	Template:Flagicon Atlas E/F SVS-1			Template:Flagicon Vandenberg SLC-3E		Template:Flagicon US Air Force
		Template:Flagicon Navstar 7	US Air Force	Intended: Medium Earth	Navigation	+20 seconds	Launch failure
		Incorrect repair to booster unit engine resulted in coolant line blockage. Rocket lost thrust within eight seconds of launch, destroyed by range safety.
19 December 11:50	Template:Flagicon Soyuz-U			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 31/6		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Kosmos 1330 (Yantar-2K No.952)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	19 January 1982	Successful
19 December 20:00	Template:Flagicon Petrel 1			Template:Flagicon El Arenosillo		Template:Flagicon INTA
		Template:Flagicon	INTA	Suborbital	Aeronomy	19 December	Successful
		Apogee:
20 December 01:29:00	Template:Flagicon Ariane 1			Template:Flagicon Kourou ELA-1		Template:Flagicon Arianespace
		Template:Flagicon MARECS-1	Inmarsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		File:European Space Agency logo.svg CAT-4 (Thesee)	ESA	Geosynchronous transfer	Vehicle monitoring Technology	In orbit	Successful
21 December 18:37	Template:Flagicon Vertikal-4			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Vertikal-10	RVSN	Suborbital	Aeronomy Ionospheric research	21 December	Successful
		Apogee:
22 December	Template:Flagicon R-39 Rif			Template:Flagicon Nenoksa		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	22 December	Successful
		Apogee:
23 December 13:15	Template:Flagicon Molniya-M/ML			Template:Flagicon Baikonur Site 1/5		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon Molniya-1 No.55		Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Successful
27 December	Template:Flagicon R-39 Rif			Template:Flagicon Nenoksa		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	27 December	Successful
		Apogee:
December	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee:
December	Template:Flagicon R-17 Elbrus			Template:Flagicon		Template:Flagicon
		Template:Flagicon		Suborbital	Missile strike		Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown date
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Perimetr			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon M4			Template:Flagicon Biscarosse		Template:Flagicon DGA
		Template:Flagicon	DGA	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon M4			Template:Flagicon Biscarosse		Template:Flagicon DGA
		Template:Flagicon	DGA	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon M4			Template:Flagicon Biscarosse		Template:Flagicon DGA
		Template:Flagicon	DGA	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon M4			Template:Flagicon Biscarosse		Template:Flagicon DGA
		Template:Flagicon	DGA	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Launch failure
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Kosmos-3MR			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	REV test	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon Vertikal-4			Template:Flagicon Kapustin Yar Site 107		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Ionospheric research	Unknown	Unknown
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-27 Zyb			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-27 Zyb			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-27 Zyb			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-27 Zyb			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-27 Zyb			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-27 Zyb			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-27 Zyb			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-27 Zyb			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-29R Volna			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon VMF
		Template:Flagicon	VMF	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-29R Volna			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon VMF
		Template:Flagicon	VMF	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-29R Volna			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon VMF
		Template:Flagicon	VMF	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-29 Vysota			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon VMF
		Template:Flagicon	VMF	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-29 Vysota			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon VMF
		Template:Flagicon	VMF	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-29 Vysota			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon VMF
		Template:Flagicon	VMF	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-29 Vysota			Template:Flagicon Submarine, Okhotsk		Template:Flagicon VMF
		Template:Flagicon	VMF	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-36MUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-36MUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-36MUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon R-36MUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100N			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100N			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100N			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100N			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100N			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100NUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100NUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100NUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100NUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100NUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:
Unknown	Template:Flagicon UR-100NUTTKh			Template:Flagicon Baikonur		Template:Flagicon RVSN
		Template:Flagicon	RVSN	Suborbital	Test flight	Unknown	Successful
		Apogee:

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Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
26 August	Voyager 2	Flyby of Saturn	Gravity assist; Closest approach:

References

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