1979 in spaceflight

1979 in spaceflight

The Skylab space station, which decayed from orbit on 11 July
Orbital launches
First	11 January
Last	28 December
Total	110
Catalogued	106
National firsts
Orbital launch	Europe
Space traveller	Bulgaria
Rockets
Maiden flights	Ariane 1 Scout G-1 SLV
Retirements	Delta 2000 Mu-3C Scout D-1
Crewed flights
Orbital	2
Total travellers	4
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The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.

Launches

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Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
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)
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6 February 08:46	N-I			Tanegashima, Osaki launch complex
		Ayame 1  [ ja ] (ECS A)	NASDA	Extremely Elliptical Orbit (0.7 degrees inclination)	Communications	unknown	Partial failure
		Civilian payload (260 kg). Spacecraft has failed 9 February 1979 during apogee kick motor burn after recontact with 3rd stage
8 February 10:00	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 OIS		27F	Vandenberg AFB SLC-3W		USAF
		Solwind (P78-1)	USAF STP	Low Earth (97.8 degrees inclination)	Solar physics research	13 September 1985	Destroyed by ASAT
		Military payload (1331 kg)
25 February 11:53:49	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6
		Soyuz 32		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EO-3	13 June 16:18:26	Successful
		Crewed flight launching with two cosmonauts, remained in orbit past design life due to Soyuz 33 failure, returned to Earth uncrewed
27 February 15:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
		Kosmos 1079		Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
		Military payload (6700 kg)
27 February 17:00	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Cosmodrome pad LC 132/2
		Interkosmos 19	Interkosmos	Low Earth (74.0 degrees inclination)	Ionospheric research	unknown	Successful
		Civilian payload (1015 kg). Collaboration between USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →
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)
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →
5 December 09:00	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Cosmodrome unknown pad
		Kosmos 1146		Low Earth (65.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
		Military payload (1000 kg)
7 December 01:35	Delta 3914			Cape Canaveral pad LC 17A		McDonnell Douglas
		Satcom 3(Satcom C)		GTO		unknown	Satellite failed while being on the GTO, has been destroyed
		Commercial payload (895 kg)
12 December 12:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
		Kosmos 1147		Low Earth (72.9 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
		Military payload (6000 kg)
16 December 12:29:50	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Cosmodrome unknown pad
		Soyuz T-1		Salyut 6 orbit (51.6 degrees inclination)		21:47, 25 March 1980	Successful
		Salyut 6 orbit boost mission completed
24 December 17:14:38	Ariane 1			Kourou ELA-1		ESA
		CAT-1	ESA	Low Earth	Technology	27 November 1989	Successful
		Maiden flight of the Ariane 1, and the Ariane family [3]
28 December 11:51:00	Proton-K/DM			Baikonur Cosmodrome, pad LC 200P (pad 40)
		Gorizont 3		GEO		unknown	Successful
		Civilian payload (2120 kg)
28 December 13:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC43/3
		Kosmos 1148		Low Earth (67.1 degrees inclination)		unknown	Successful
		Military payload (6000 kg)

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Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
5 March	Voyager 1	Flyby of Jupiter	Closest approach: 280,000 kilometres (170,000 mi)
9 July	Voyager 2	Flyby of Jupiter	Closest approach: 645,000 kilometres (401,000 mi)
1 September	Pioneer 11	Flyby of Saturn	Closest approach: 20,900 kilometres (13,000 mi)

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
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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1. "Cosmos 1070". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA . Retrieved 24 October 2017.
2. "SAGE". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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