1979 in spaceflight
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Orbital launches | |
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First | 11 January |
Last | 28 December |
Total | 110 |
Catalogued | 106 |
National firsts | |
Orbital launch | Europe |
Space traveller | Bulgaria |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights | Ariane 1 Scout G-1 SLV |
Retirements | Delta 2000 Mu-3C Scout D-1 |
Crewed flights | |
Orbital | 2 |
Total travellers | 4 |
The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.
Launches
[edit]Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | |||
Remarks | ||||||||
January[edit] | ||||||||
11 January 15:07[1] |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1070 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | Reconnaissance | 20 January 1979 | Successful | ||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
13 January 15:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1071 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
16 January 17:37 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC132/1 | ||||||
Kosmos 1072 (Parus #17) | Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | Navigation | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
18 January 15:42 |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Molniya 3-11 | Extremely elliptical orbit (64.1 degrees inclination) | Communications | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1750 kg) | ||||||||
25 January 05:43 |
Vostok-2M | Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6 | ||||||
Meteor-Priroda 2-3 (Meteor-1 29) | SSO | Meteorology | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1100 kg) | ||||||||
30 January 15:15 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1073 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
30 January 21:42 |
Delta 2914 | Cape Canaveral pad LC 17B | McDonnell Douglas | |||||
SCATHA | USAF | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (4.9 degrees inclination) | Communications Technology demo |
In orbit | Successful | |||
Experimental military payload (360 kg) | ||||||||
31 January 09:00:00 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6 | ||||||
Kosmos 1074 | Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) | Test flight | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (7000 kg) | ||||||||
February[edit] | ||||||||
6 February 08:46 |
N-I | Tanegashima, Osaki launch complex | ||||||
Civilian payload (260 kg). Spacecraft has failed 9 February 1979 during apogee kick motor burn after recontact with 3rd stage | ||||||||
8 February 10:00 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC132/2 | ||||||
Kosmos 1075 | Low Earth (65.8 degrees inclination) | Radar calibration | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1080 kg) | ||||||||
12 February 13:00:00 |
Tsyklon-3 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC32/2 | ||||||
Kosmos 1076 | Low Earth (82.5 degrees inclination) | Earth observation | unknown | Successful | ||||
Military payload (1900 kg) | ||||||||
13 February 21:41 |
Vostok-2M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1077 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
16 February 15:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC41/1 | ||||||
Kosmos (number not assigned) | no | 16 February 1979 | Failed to reach orbit | |||||
Military payload | ||||||||
18 February 18:59:00[2] |
Scout D-1 S202C | Wallops LA-3A | NASA | |||||
SAGE | NASA | Low Earth (54.9 degrees inclination) | Earth observation | 11 April 1989 | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (148.7 kg) | ||||||||
21 February 05:00 |
Mu-3C | Tanegashima, Mu launch complex | ||||||
Hakucho (CORSA B) | ISAS | Low Earth (29.9 degrees inclination) | X-ray astronomy | 16 April 1985 | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (100 kg) | ||||||||
21 February 07:49:00 |
Proton-K/DM | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 200/40 | ||||||
Ekran 3 | GEO | Satellite television | unknown | Successful | ||||
Civilian payload (1970 kg) | ||||||||
22 February 12:10 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC41/1 | ||||||
Kosmos 1078 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
24 February 08:20 |
Atlas F | Vandenberg pad SLC 3W | ||||||
Solwind | Low Earth (97.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (1331 kg) | ||||||||
25 February 11:53:49 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 31/6 | ||||||
Soyuz 32 | Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Salyut 6 EO-3 | 13 June 16:18:26 |
Successful | ||||
Crewed flight launching with two cosmonauts, remained in orbit past design life due to Soyuz 33 failure, returned to Earth uncrewed | ||||||||
27 February 15:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1079 | Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
27 February 17:00 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2 | ||||||
Interkosmos 19 | Interkosmos | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | Ionospheric research | unknown | Successful | |||
Civilian payload (1015 kg). Collaboration between USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland. | ||||||||
March[edit] | ||||||||
1 March 18:45:00 |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Meteor-2-4 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (1300 kg) | ||||||||
12 March 05:47:28 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 | ||||||
Progress 5 | Salyut 6 orbit (Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination)) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (7020 kg) | ||||||||
14 March 10:50 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1080 | Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
15 March 02:58 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1081–1088 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (8x61 kg) | ||||||||
16 March 18:30 |
Titan 3D | Vandenberg pad SLC 4E | ||||||
unknown | SSO | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (13300 kg to SSO, 60 kg to LEO (95.8 degrees)) | ||||||||
21 March 04:13 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1089 | Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
31 March 10:45 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1090 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
April[edit] | ||||||||
7 April 06:20 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1091 | Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
10 April 17:34:34 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 31/6 | ||||||
Soyuz 33 | Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 6) | Taxi flight | 12 April 16:35 |
Spacecraft failure | ||||
Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Bulgarian in space, main engine failed during rendezvous manoeuvres, docking aborted and spacecraft deorbited using backup engines | ||||||||
11 April 21:51 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1092 | Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
12 April 00:28:00 |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Molniya 1-43 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||||
14 April 05:27 |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1093 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | ELINT | 23 March 2000 | Successful | ||||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
18 April 12:00 |
Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2) | Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90 | ||||||
Kosmos 1094 | Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (3000 kg) | ||||||||
20 April 11:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1095 | Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
25 April 03:44:00 |
Proton-K/DM | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) | ||||||
Raduga 5 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (1965 kg) | ||||||||
25 April 10:00 |
Tsyklon-2(Cyclone-2) | Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 90 | ||||||
Kosmos 1096 | Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (4000 kg) | ||||||||
27 April 17:15 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1097 | Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
May[edit] | ||||||||
4 May 18:57:00 |
Atlas SLV 3D | Cape Canaveral pad LC 36A | ||||||
Fltsatcom-2 | GTO | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (1884 kg) | ||||||||
13 May 04:17:10 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 | ||||||
Progress 6 | Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (7020 kg) | ||||||||
15 May 11:40 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1098 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
17 May 07:10 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1099 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
22 May 23:00:00 |
Proton-K | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 81P (pad 24) | ||||||
Kosmos 1100 Kosmos 1101 | Low Earth (51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (2x9000 kg) | ||||||||
25 May 07:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 | ||||||
Kosmos 1102 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
28 May 18:30 |
Titan 3B/Agena | Vandenberg pad SLC 4W | ||||||
unknown | SSO | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (4000 kg) | ||||||||
31 May 16:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1103 | Low Earth (62.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
31 May 17:58 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1104 | Low Earth (82.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
June[edit] | ||||||||
2 June 23:26 |
Scout D-1 S198C | Wallops LA-3A | ||||||
Ariel 6 | unknown | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload | ||||||||
5 June 23:28 |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Molniya 3-12 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (1750 kg) | ||||||||
6 June 18:12:41 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Site 31/5 | ||||||
Soyuz 34 | Low Earth (Salyut 6) | Crew return | 19 August 12:29 |
Successful | ||||
Launched uncrewed to replace Soyuz 32 which had passed the end of its design life, landed with two cosmonauts | ||||||||
6 June 18:22:12 |
Thor DSV-2U | Vandenberg SLC-10W | ||||||
DMSP-5D1 F4 (AMS-4) | US Air Force | Low Earth | Weather | In orbit | Successful | |||
7 June 10:30 |
Kosmos-3M | Kapustin Yar pad LC 107 | ||||||
Bhaskar 1 | Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (441 kg) | ||||||||
8 June 07:10 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 | ||||||
Kosmos 1105 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
10 June 13:30:00 |
Titan 3C/Transtage | Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 | ||||||
DSP 11 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (1170 kg) | ||||||||
12 June 07:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1106 | Low Earth (81.4 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
15 June 10:50 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1107 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
22 June 07:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1108 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
27 June 15:51:59 |
Atlas F | Vandenberg pad SLC 3W | ||||||
NOAA 6(NOAA A) | Low Earth (98.5 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (723 kg) | ||||||||
27 June 18:11:23 |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 | ||||||
Kosmos 1109 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (62.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (1250 kg) | ||||||||
28 June 09:25:11 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome pad LC 31 | ||||||
Progress 7 | Salyut 6 orbit(51.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (1020 kg) | ||||||||
28 June 20:09 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1110 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||||
29 June 16:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1111 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
July[edit] | ||||||||
5 July 23:19:00 |
Proton-K/DM | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) | ||||||
Gorizont 2 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (2120 kg) | ||||||||
6 July 08:20 |
Kosmos-3M | Kapustin Yar pad LC 107 | ||||||
Kosmos 1112 | Low Earth (50.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (1190 kg) | ||||||||
10 July 09:00:00 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1113 | Low Earth (65.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
11 July 15:41 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1114 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (900 kg) | ||||||||
13 July 08:25 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1115 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
20 July 11:58 |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1116 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
25 July 15:20 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1117 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
27 July 07:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1118 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
27 July 21:28 |
Feng Bao 1 | Jiquan Satellite Launch Center LA-2B (Site 138) | ||||||
Shi Jian (2) | Intended: Low Earth | Micrometeoroid research, electromagnetic background research | 27 July | Failure | ||||
Shi Jian (2A) | Intended: Low Earth | Ionosphere research | ||||||
Shi Jian (2B) | Intended: Low Earth | Radar calibration | ||||||
Civilian payload (770 kg). Second stage malfunction | ||||||||
31 July 03:56 |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Molniya 1-44 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||||
August[edit] | ||||||||
3 August 10:45 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1119 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
10 August 00:20 |
Delta 2914 | Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A | McDonnell Douglas | |||||
Westar 3(Westar C) | GTO | unknown | Successful | |||||
Commercial payload (574 kg) | ||||||||
10 August 02:28 |
SLV | Satish Dhawan Space Centre pad SLV | ||||||
Rohini RS-1 | 10 August 1979 | Failed to reach orbit due control valve malfunction in 2nd stage | ||||||
Civilian payload (30 kg) | ||||||||
11 August 09:15:00 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1120 | Low Earth (70.4 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
14 August 15:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1121 | Low Earth (67.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
17 August 07:45 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1122 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
21 August 11:10 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 | ||||||
Kosmos 1123 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
28 August 00:17:04 |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1124 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (68 degrees inclination) | unknown | Launch successful. Satellite exploded 9 September 1979 into 8 pieces. | |||||
Military payload (1250 kg) | ||||||||
28 August 00:55 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1125 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||||
31 August 11:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1126 | Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
September[edit] | ||||||||
5 September 10:20 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1127 | Low Earth (81.3 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
14 September 15:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1128 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
20 September 05:28 |
Atlas SLV 3D | Cape Canaveral pad LC 36B | ||||||
HEAO 3(HEAO C) | Low Earth (43.6 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (3150 kg) | ||||||||
25 September 15:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 41/1 | ||||||
Kosmos 1129 | Low Earth (62.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
25 September 21:00 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1130–1137 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (8x61 kg) | ||||||||
28 September 12:20 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1138 | Low Earth (72.8 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
October[edit] | ||||||||
1 October 11:22:00 |
Titan 3C/Transtage | Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 | ||||||
unknown | unknown | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (820 kg) | ||||||||
3 October 17:12:00 |
Proton-K/DM | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) | ||||||
Ekran 4 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (1970 kg) | ||||||||
5 October 11:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1139 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (5500 kg) | ||||||||
11 October 16:36 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1140 | Low Earth (74.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (875 kg) | ||||||||
12 October 12:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos, number not assigned | 12 October 1979 | Failed to reach orbit | ||||||
16 October 12:17 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1141 | Low Earth (83.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (810 kg) | ||||||||
20 October 07:03 |
Molniya-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Molniya 1-45 | Extremely Elliptical Orbit (64.7 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (1600 kg) | ||||||||
22 October 12:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1142 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
26 October 18:12 |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1143 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
30 October 14:16 |
Scout G-1 S203C | Vandenberg SLC-5 | ||||||
Magsat | Low Earth (96.8 degrees inclination) | 11 June 1980 | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (181 kg) | ||||||||
31 October 09:25:00 |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Meteor 2-5 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (1300 kg) | ||||||||
November[edit] | ||||||||
1 November 08:05 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2 | ||||||
Interkosmos 20 | Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (1100 kg) | ||||||||
2 November 16:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1144 | Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6700 kg) | ||||||||
21 November 02:09:36 |
Titan 3C/Transtage | Cape Canaveral pad LC 40 | ||||||
DSCS 2 13, DSCS 2 14 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (2x612 kg) | ||||||||
27 November 09:55 |
Vostok-M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/4 | ||||||
Kosmos 1145 | Low Earth (81.2 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (2500 kg) | ||||||||
December[edit] | ||||||||
5 December 09:00 |
Kosmos-3M | Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Kosmos 1146 | Low Earth (65.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (1000 kg) | ||||||||
7 December 01:35 |
Delta 3914 | Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A | McDonnell Douglas | |||||
Satcom 3(Satcom C) | GTO | unknown | Satellite failed while being on the GTO, has been destroyed | |||||
Commercial payload (895 kg) | ||||||||
12 December 12:30 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1147 | Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) | ||||||||
16 December 12:29:50 |
Soyuz-U | Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad | ||||||
Soyuz T-1 | Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination) | 21:47, 25 March 1980 | Successful | |||||
Salyut 6 orbit boost mission completed | ||||||||
24 December 17:14:38 |
Ariane 1 | Kourou ELA-1 | ESA | |||||
CAT-1 | ESA | Low Earth | Technology | 27 November 1989 | Successful | |||
Maiden flight of the Ariane 1, and the Ariane family[3] | ||||||||
28 December 11:51:00 |
Proton-K/DM | Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40) | ||||||
Gorizont 3 | GEO | unknown | Successful | |||||
Civilian payload (2120 kg) | ||||||||
28 December 13:00 |
Soyuz-U | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3 | ||||||
Kosmos 1148 | Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination) | unknown | Successful | |||||
Military payload (6000 kg) |
Deep Space Rendezvous
[edit]Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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5 March | Voyager 1 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: 280,000 kilometres (170,000 mi) |
9 July | Voyager 2 | Flyby of Jupiter | Closest approach: 645,000 kilometres (401,000 mi) |
1 September | Pioneer 11 | Flyby of Saturn | Closest approach: 20,900 kilometres (13,000 mi) |
EVAs
[edit]Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
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15 August 14:16 |
1 hour 23 minutes |
15:39 | Salyut 6 PE-3 |
Valery Ryumin Vladimir Lyakhov |
Removed the KRT-10 antenna that had failed to separate from Salyut and had fouled the aft docking port target. After disposing of the antenna, Ryumin collected samples of damaged insulation and a retrieved a micrometeoroid detector.[4] |
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[edit]- ^ "Cosmos 1070". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "SAGE". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ Hughes, J. (1996) Larousse Desk Reference Encloypedia London RD Press
- ^ Portree, David S. F. (March 1995). "Mir Hardware Heritage" (PDF). NASA. p. 83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.