1980 in spaceflight

1980 in spaceflight
	Voyager 1 flew past Saturn on 12 November
Orbital launches
First	9 January
Last	26 December
Total	108
Successes	102
Failures	6
Partial failures	0
Catalogued	105
National firsts
Orbital launch	India
Space traveller	Hungary ; Vietnam ; Cuba
Rockets
Maiden flights	Mu-3S
Retirements	Thor DSV-2U
Crewed flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	13
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Last updated December 30, 2022

The following is an outline of 1980 in spaceflight.

Launches


Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
9 January 12:15	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1149 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	23 January	Successful
11 January 12:28	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Molniya 1-46		Molniya	Communications	22 October 1992	Successful
18 January 01:26:00	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR			Cape Canaveral LC-36A

		OPS 6293 (FLTSATCOM 3)	US Navy	Geostationary	Communication	In orbit	Successful
14 January 19:49	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1150 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
23 January 07:00	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/1

		Kosmos 1151 (Okean-E No.2)		Low Earth	Technology	In orbit	Successful
		Prototype oceanography satellite, not equipped with radar
24 January 15:45	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1152 (Yantar-2K No.928)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	6 February	Partial spacecraft failure
25 January 20:36	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1153 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
30 January 12:51	Vostok-2M			Plesetsk Site 43/4

		Kosmos 1154 (Tselina-D)		Low Earth	SIGINT	5 November 2002	Successful
February
7 February 11:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/4

		Kosmos 1155 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	21 February	Successful
7 February 21:10	Titan III(23)D			Vandenberg SLC-4E

		OPS 2581 (KH-11)	NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	30 October 1982	Successful
9 February 23:08	Atlas E/F-SGS-1			Vandenberg SLC-3E

		OPS 5117 (Navstar 5)		Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
11 February 23:32	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1156 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1157 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1158 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1159 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1160 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1161 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1162 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1163 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
12 February 00:53	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk Site 43/4

		Kosmos 1164 (Oko)		Intended: Molniya Achieved: Highly elliptical	Missile defence	12 February	Launch failure
		Upper stage malfunction
14 February 15:57	Delta 3910			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		SolarMax	NASA	Low Earth	Solar	2 December 1989	Successful
		Spacecraft's attitude control system malfunctioned ten months after launch, subsequently repaired by Space Shuttle Challenger during STS-41-C in April 1984
17 February 00:40	Mu-3S			Kagoshima LA-M		ISAS

		Tansei-4	ISAS	Low Earth	Technology	12 May 1983	Successful
		Maiden flight of Mu-3S
20 February 08:05:00	Proton-K/DM			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Gran' No.16L (Raduga)		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
21 February 12:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/4

		Kosmos 1165 (Zenit-4MKM)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	5 March	Successful
22 February 08:35	N-I			Tanagashima LA-O		NASDA

		Ayame-2	NASDA	Intended: Geostationary Achieved: Transfer	Technology	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Spacecraft's apogee motor malfunctioned, leaving it with a perigee ~4,000 km (~2,500 mi) short of geostationary orbit.
March
3 March 09:27	Atlas E/F-MSD			Vandenberg SLC-3W

		OPS 7245 (MSD)	NRO	Low Earth	Dispenser	In orbit	Successful
		OPS 7245 SSU-1 (NOSS SSU)	NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
		OPS 7245 SSU-2 (NOSS SSU)	NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
		OPS 7245 SSU-3 (NOSS SSU)	NRO	Low Earth	ELINT	2 April 2021 16:08^[1]	Successful
4 March 10:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/4

		Kosmos 1166 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	18 March	Successful
14 March 10:40	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90

		Kosmos 1167 (US-P)		Low Earth	ELINT	1 October 1981	Successful
17 March 21:37	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1168 (Tsikada)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
27 March 07:30	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1169 (Taifun-1)		Low Earth	Calibration	3 March 1983	Successful
27 March 11:38:22	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Progress 8		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Station resupply	26 April 07:40	Successful
April
1 April 08:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1170 (Zenit-4MKM)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	12 April	Successful
3 April 07:40	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1171 (Lira)		Low Earth	ASAT target	In orbit	Successful
		Target for Kosmos 1174, which failed to intercept it
9 April 11:38:22	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Soyuz 35		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EO-4	3 June 15:06	Successful
		Crewed flight with two cosmonauts
12 April 20:18	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1172 (Oko)		Molniya	Missile defence	26 December 1997	Successful
		Replacement for Kosmos 1109
17 April 08:30	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1173 (Zenit-4MKM)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 April	Successful
18 April 00:51	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90

		Kosmos 1174 (IS-A)		Low Earth	ASAT test	20 April 1981	Spacecraft failure
		Failed to intercept Kosmos 1171
18 April 17:31	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1175 (Molniya-3 No.26)		Intended: Molniya Achieved: Low Earth	Communications	29 September	Launch failure
		Upper stage malfunction
26 April 22:00	Atlas E/F-SGS-1			Vandenberg SLC-3E

		OPS 5118 (Navstar 6)	US Air Force	Medium Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
27 April 06:24:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress 9		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Station resupply	22 May 01:30	Successful
29 April 11:40	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90

		Kosmos 1176 (US-A)		Low Earth	Technology	4 October	Successful
		Demonstration of new nuclear reactor safety systems
29 April 13:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1177 (Yantar-4K1 No.2)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	12 June	Successful
May
7 May 13:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1178 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	22 May	Successful
14 May 13:00	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1179 (Taifun-1Yu)		Low Earth	Calibration	18 July 1989	Successful
15 May 05:35	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1180 (Zenit-4MT)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	26 May	Successful
20 May 09:21	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1181 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
23 May 07:10	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1182 (Zenit-4MKT)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	5 June	Successful
23 May 14:29:39	Ariane 1			Kourou ELA-1		Arianespace

		CAT-2	ESA/Arianespace	Intended: GTO	Test	23 May	Launch failure
		Firewheel	MPG	Intended: GTO	Magnetospheric
		FIRE B	MPG	Intended: GTO	Magnetospheric
		FIRE C	MPG	Intended: GTO	Magnetospheric
		FIRE D	MPG	Intended: GTO	Magnetospheric
		FIRE E	MPG	Intended: GTO	Magnetospheric
		Amsat-P3A	Amsat-DE	Intended: Molniya	Amateur radio
		First stage failure due to combustion instability in main engine; first launch conducted by Arianespace
26 May 18:20:39	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Soyuz 36		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EP-5	31 July 15:15	Successful
		Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Hungarian in space
28 May 12:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1183 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	11 June	Successful
29 May 10:53	Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS			Vandenberg SLC-3W

		NOAA-B	NOAA	Low Earth	Weather	3 May 1981	Launch failure
		First stage underperformed due to an engine leaking fuel and running at low thrust. Corrected by onboard guidance extending the duration of first stage flight, however this was not communicated to the upper stage, which attempted to separate at the normal time, whilst the first stage was still firing. Recontact prevented the upper stage orienting for its burn, leading to payload being deployed into useless orbit.^[2]
June
4 June 07:34	Vostok-2M			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1184 (Tselina-D)		Low Earth	SIGINT	29 April 2002	Successful
5 June 14:19:30	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Soyuz T-2		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EP-6	9 June 12:39	Successful
		Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first crewed flight of Soyuz-T spacecraft
6 June 07:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1185 (Resurs-F1 No.12)		Low Earth	Remote sensing	20 June	Successful
6 June 11:00	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1186 (Taifun-2)		Low Earth	Calibration	1 January 1982	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 1		Low Earth	Calibration	24 September	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 2		Low Earth	Calibration	14 September	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 3		Low Earth	Calibration	3 May 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 4		Low Earth	Calibration	3 May 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 5		Low Earth	Calibration	1 May 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 6		Low Earth	Calibration	3 May 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 7		Low Earth	Calibration	3 May 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 8		Low Earth	Calibration	3 May 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 9		Low Earth	Calibration	3 May 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 10		Low Earth	Calibration	3 May 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 11		Low Earth	Calibration	28 May 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 12		Low Earth	Calibration	20 May 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 13		Low Earth	Calibration	22 June 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 14		Low Earth	Calibration	18 June 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 15		Low Earth	Calibration	27 September 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 16		Low Earth	Calibration	22 June 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 17		Low Earth	Calibration	18 June 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 18		Low Earth	Calibration	17 June 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 19		Low Earth	Calibration	September 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 20		Low Earth	Calibration	14 June 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 21		Low Earth	Calibration	10 June 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 22		Low Earth	Calibration	14 June 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 23		Low Earth	Calibration	20 June 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 24		Low Earth	Calibration	13 June 1981	Successful
		Deployed 24 calibration spheres
12 June 12:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1183 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	26 June	Successful
14 June 00:49:50	Proton-K/DM			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Gorizont No.15L		Operational: Geostationary Current: Graveyard	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Operated until 25 October 1988
14 June 20:52	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1188 (Oko)		Molniya	Missile defence	In orbit	Spacecraft failure
		Replacement for Kosmos 1024, operated for only four months
18 June 06:14:12	Vostok-2M			Baikonur

		Meteor-Priroda No.3-1		Low Earth	Remote sensing	1 March 1992	Successful
18 June 18:30	Titan III(23)D			Vandenberg SLC-4E

		OPS 3123 (KH-9)	NRO	Low Earth	Optical imaging	6 March 1981	Successful
		OPS 3123 RV-1	NRO	Low Earth	Film return	24 July	Successful
		OPS 3123 RV-2	NRO	Low Earth	Film return	7 September	Successful
		OPS 3123 RV-3	NRO	Low Earth	Film return	24 October	Successful
		OPS 3123 RV-4	NRO	Low Earth	Film return	5 March 1981	Successful
		OPS 3123 RV-5	NRO	Low Earth	Film return	14 October	Successful
		All SRVs recovered successfully
21 June 18:34	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Molniya 1-47		Molniya	Communications	1 April 1991	Successful
26 June 12:20	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1189 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	10 July	Successful
29 June 04:40:42	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress 10		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Station resupply	19 July 02:30	Successful
July
1 July 07:12	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1190 (Strela-2)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
2 July 00:54	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1191 (Oko)		Molniya	Missile defence	In orbit	Successful
		Replacement for Kosmos 1124
9 July 00:42	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1192 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1193 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1194 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1195 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1196 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1197 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1198 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1199 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
9 July 12:40	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1200 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	23 July	Successful
14 July 22:35	Proton-K/DM			Baikonur Site 200/40

		Ekran No.19L		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
15 July 02:22:11	Thor DSV-2U			Vandenberg SLC-10W

		DMSP-5D1 F5 (AMS-5)	US Air Force	Intended: Low Earth	Weather	15 July	Launch failure
		Final flight of Thor DSV-2U, final launch from SLC-10W. Anomaly during second stage separation led to wiring being pulled out of spacecraft. Vehicle also failed to achieve orbit.
15 July 07:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1201 (Zenit-4MKT)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 July	Successful
18 July 02:33:45	SLV			Sriharikota FLP		ISRO

		Rohini RS-1B	ISRO	Low Earth	Technology	20 May 1981	Successful
		First successful Indian orbital launch
18 July 10:37	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Molniya 3-13		Molniya	Communications	In orbit	Successful
23 July 18:33:03	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Soyuz 37		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EP-7	11 October 09:49	Successful
		Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Vietnamese space traveller
24 July 12:40	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1202 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	7 August	Successful
31 July 07:45	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1203 (Resurs-F1 No.12)		Low Earth	Remote sensing	14 August	Successful
31 July 11:00	Kosmos-3M			Kapustin Yar Site 107/1

		Kosmos 1204 (Taifun-2)		Low Earth	Calibration	23 February 1981	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 1		Low Earth	Calibration	11 October	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 2		Low Earth	Calibration	14 October	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 3		Low Earth	Calibration	31 October	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 4		Low Earth	Calibration	24 October	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 5		Low Earth	Calibration	24 October	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 6		Low Earth	Calibration	26 October	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 7		Low Earth	Calibration	3 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 8		Low Earth	Calibration	3 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 9		Low Earth	Calibration	4 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 10		Low Earth	Calibration	10 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 11		Low Earth	Calibration	27 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 12		Low Earth	Calibration	18 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 13		Low Earth	Calibration	18 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 14		Low Earth	Calibration	23 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 15		Low Earth	Calibration	3 December	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 16		Low Earth	Calibration	19 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 17		Low Earth	Calibration	17 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 18		Low Earth	Calibration	17 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 19		Low Earth	Calibration	16 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 20		Low Earth	Calibration	23 November	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 21		Low Earth	Calibration	14 December	Successful
		Kosmos 1204 Subsatellite 22		Low Earth	Calibration	13 December	Successful
August
12 August 11:50	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1205 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	26 August	Successful
15 August 05:34	Vostok-2M			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1206 (Tselina-D)		Low Earth	SIGINT	14 January 2002	Successful
22 August 10:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1207 (Zenit-4MKT)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	4 September	Successful
26 August 15:45	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1208 (Yantar-2K No.927)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	24 September	Successful
26 August 16:10	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1236 (Yantar-2K No.941)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	21 January 1981	Successful
September
3 September 10:20	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1209 (Resurs-F1 No.14)		Low Earth	Remote sensing	17 September	Successful
9 September 11:00	Vostok-2M			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Meteor 2-06		Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
9 September 22:27	Delta 3914			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		GOES 4 (GOES-D)	NOAA	Operational: Geostationary Current: Graveyard	Weather	In orbit	Successful
		Retired and moved to graveyard orbit on 9 November 1988
18 September 19:11:03	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Soyuz 38		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EP-8	26 September 15:54	Successful
		Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, first Cuban in space
19 September 10:10	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1210 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	3 October	Successful
23 September 10:30	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1211 (Zenit-4MT)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	4 October	Successful
26 September 10:10	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1212 (Zenit-4MKT)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	9 October	Successful
28 September 15:09:55	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress 11		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Station resupply	11 December 14:45	Successful
October
3 October 12:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1213 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	17 October	Successful
5 October 17:10	Proton-K/DM			Baikonur Site 200/39

		Gran' No.17L (Raduga)		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
10 October 13:10	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1214 (Zenit-4MKM)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	23 October	Successful
		Final flight of Zenit-4MKM
14 October 20:41	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1215 (Tselina-O)		Low Earth	SIGINT	12 May 1983	Successful
16 October 12:20	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1216 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	30 October	Successful
16 October 12:00	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1219 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	13 November	Successful
24 October 10:53	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1217 (Oko)		Molniya	Missile defence	In orbit	Successful
		Replacement for Kosmos 1188
30 October 10:00	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Kosmos 1218 (Yantar-4K1 No.3)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	12 December	Successful
31 October 03:54	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR			Cape Canaveral LC-36A

		OPS 6294 (FLTSATCOM 4)	US Navy	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
November
4 November 15:04	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90

		Kosmos 1220 (US-P)		Low Earth	ELINT	20 June 1982	Successful
12 November 12:21	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1221 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	26 November	Successful
15 November 22:49	Delta 3910/PAM-D			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		SBS-1	SBS	Operational: Geostationary Current: Graveyard	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Retired on 22 June 1990 and moved to graveyard orbit
16 November 18:34	Molniya-M/ML			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Molniya 1-48		Molniya	Communications	18 November 1995	Successful
21 November 11:53	Vostok-2M			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1222 (Tselina-D)		Low Earth	SIGINT	27 April 2011	Successful
27 November 21:37	Molniya-M/2BL			Plesetsk Site 41/1

		Kosmos 1223 (Oko)		Molniya	Missile defence	In orbit	Successful
		Replacement for Kosmos 903
27 November 14:18:28	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Soyuz T-3		Low Earth (Salyut 6)	Salyut 6 EO-5	10 December 09:26	Successful
		Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, first three-man Soyuz flight since 1971
December
1 December 12:15	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1224 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	15 December	Successful
5 December 04:23	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1225 (Parus)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
6 December 23:31	Atlas SLV 3D Centaur-D1AR			Cape Canaveral LC-36B

		Intelsat V F-2	Intelsat	Geostationary	Communications	In orbit	Successful
9 December 07:18	Atlas E/F-MSD			Vandenberg SLC-3W

		OPS 3255 (MSD)	NRO	Intended: Low Earth	Dispenser	9 December	Launch failure
		OPS 3255 SSU-1 (NOSS SSU)	NRO	Intended: Low Earth	ELINT
		OPS 3255 SSU-2 (NOSS SSU)	NRO	Intended: Low Earth	ELINT
		OPS 3255 SSU-3 (NOSS SSU)	NRO	Intended: Low Earth	ELINT
		LIPS-1	NRL	Intended: Low Earth	Technoilogy
		Booster engine failure led to loss of control, rocket turned around and began flying backwards before exploding.^[3]
10 December 20:53	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1226 (Tsikada)		Low Earth	Navigation	In orbit	Successful
13 December 16:04	Titan III(34)B			Vandenberg SLC-4W

		OPS 5805 (SDS)	NRO	Molniya	Communication	30 October 1982	Successful
16 December 12:15	Soyuz-U			Plesetsk Site 43/3

		Kosmos 1227 (Zenit-6)		Low Earth	Optical imaging	28 December	Successful
23 December 22:48	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1

		Kosmos 1228 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1229 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1230 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1231 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1232 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1233 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1234 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1235 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communication	In orbit	Successful
25 December 04:02	Molniya-M/SO-L			Baikonur Site 31/6

		Prognoz 8		Highly elliptical	Solar Magnetospheric	28 December 1984	Successful
26 December 11:49	Proton-K/DM			Baikonur Site 200/40

		Ekran No.20L		Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
12 November	Voyager 1	Flyby of Saturn	Closest approach: 124,000 kilometres (77,000 mi)

Orbital launch summary

By country

	Europe
	India
	Japan
	Soviet Union
	United States

Orbital launch attempts by country in 1980

Country	Launches	Successes	Failures
Europe	1	0	1
India	1	1	0
Japan	2	2	0
Soviet Union	89	87	2
United States	15	12	3

By rocket

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Ariane	Europe	1	0	1	0
Atlas	United States	8	6	2	0
Mu	Japan	1	1	0	0
R-7	Soviet Union	63	61	2	1
R-14	Soviet Union	16	16	0	0
R-36	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0
SLV	India	1	1	0	0
Thor /Delta	United States	5	4	1	0	Includes N-I
Titan	United States	3	3	0	0
Universal Rocket	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Remarks
Ariane 1	Europe	Ariane	1	0	1
Atlas E/F	United States	Atlas	5	3	2
Atlas-Centaur	United States	Atlas	3	3	0
Delta 3000	United States	Thor/Delta	3	3	0
Kosmos	Soviet Union	R-12/R-14	16	16	0
Molniya	Soviet Union	R-7	12	10	2
Mu-3	Japan	Mu	1	1	0
N	Japan/ United States	Thor/Delta	1	1	0
Proton	Soviet Union	Universal Rocket	5	5	0
SLV	India	SLV	1	1	0
Soyuz	Soviet Union	R-7	45	45	0
Titan III	United States	Titan	3	3	0
Tsyklon	Soviet Union	R-36	5	5	0
Thor DSV-2U	United States	Thor/Delta	1	0	1	Retired
Vostok	Soviet Union	R-7	6	6	0

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Remarks
Ariane 1	Europe	Ariane 1	1	0	1
Atlas E/F-MSD	United States	Atlas E/F	2	1	1	Retired
Atlas E/F-SGS-1	United States	Atlas E/F	2	2	0	Retired
Atlas E/F-Star-37S-ISS	United States	Atlas E/F	1	0	1
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR	United States	Atlas-Centaur	3	3	0
Delta 3910	United States	Delta 3000	1	1	0
Delta 3910/PAM-D	United States	Delta 3000	1	1	0
Delta 3914	United States	Delta 3000	1	1	0
Kosmos-3M	Soviet Union	Kosmos	16	16	0
N-I	Japan/ United States	N	1	1	0
Mu-3S	Japan	Mu-3	1	1	0	Maiden flight
Molniya-M/2BL	Soviet Union	Molniya	6	5	1
Molniya-M/ML	Soviet Union	Molniya	5	4	1
Molniya-M/SO-L	Soviet Union	Molniya	1	1	0
SLV	India	SLV	1	1	0
Proton-K/DM	Soviet Union	Proton	5	5	0
Soyuz-U	Soviet Union	Soyuz	45	45	0
Titan III(34)B	United States	Titan III	1	1	0
Titan III(23)D	United States	Titan III	2	2	0
Thor DSV-2U	United States	Thor DSV-2U	1	0	1	Retired
Tsyklon-2	Soviet Union	Tsyklon	4	4	0
Tsyklon-3	Soviet Union	Tsyklon	1	1	0
Vostok-2M	Soviet Union	Vostok	6	6	0

By launch site

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures
Baikonur	Soviet Union	24	24	0
Cape Canaveral	United States	6	6	0
Kourou	France	1	0	1
Kagoshima	Japan	1	1	0
Kapustin Yar	Soviet Union	1	1	0
Plesetsk	Soviet Union	64	62	2
Sriharikota	India	1	1	0
Tanegashima	Japan	1	1	0
Vandenberg	United States	9	6	3

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not Achieved	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Low Earth	82	80	2	1
Medium Earth	2	2	0	0
Geosynchronous/transfer	11	10	1	0
High Earth	13	12	1	0	Including highly elliptical (HEO) and Molniya orbits, one launch to Molniya orbit ended up in HEO

References

Generic references:

Spaceflightportal

Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
"ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
"NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Footnotes

↑ McDowell, Jonathan [@planet4589] (3 April 2021). "One of the NRO PARCAE 3 signals intelligence sats launched in March 1980 reentered east of Christchurch, New Zealand on Apr 2 at 1608 UTC" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 April 2021– via Twitter.
↑ Wade, Mark. "Tiros N". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 27 February 2002. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
↑ Wade, Mark. "NOSS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

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[1] McDowell, Jonathan [@planet4589] (3 April 2021). "One of the NRO PARCAE 3 signals intelligence sats launched in March 1980 reentered east of Christchurch, New Zealand on Apr 2 at 1608 UTC" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 April 2021– via Twitter.

[2] Wade, Mark. "Tiros N". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 27 February 2002. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

[3] Wade, Mark. "NOSS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

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