1982 in spaceflight

1982 in spaceflight
National firsts
Space traveller	France
Rockets
Maiden flights	Titan 34D
Retirements	Titan IIIC ; Titan IIID
Crewed flights
Orbital	6
Total travellers	16
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Last updated August 17, 2023

The following is an outline of 1982 in spaceflight.

Launches


Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
January
7 January 15:38^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2 ^[1]

		Kosmos 1331 (Strela-2M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
14 January 07:51^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1333 (Parus)		Low Earth	Communications Navigation	In orbit	Successful
16 January^[2] 01:54^[3]	Delta 3910/PAM-D			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		Satcom 4 ^[2]		Geostationary ^[2]	Communications^[4]	In orbit	Successful^[2]
21 January 19:30	Titan III(24)B			Vandenberg SLC-4W

		OPS 2849 (KH-852)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Optical imaging	23 May	Successful
29 January 11:00^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1335 (Taifun-2)		Low Earth	Calibration	5 April 1987	Successful
February
11 February 01:11^[1]	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90

		Kosmos 1337 (US-PM1)		Low Earth	ELINT	25 July	Spacecraft failure
		Satellite propulsion or avionics system failed
17 February 21:56^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1339 (Tsikada)		Low Earth	Navigation	in orbit?	Successful
26 February 00:04:44^[1]^[5]	Delta 3910/PAM-D			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		Westar 4 ^[5]		Geostationary^[5]	Communications^[6]	In orbit	Successful^[5]
March
4 March	Kosmos-3M			Kapustin Yar Site 107/1 ^[1]

		Taifun-2		Intended: Low Earth	Calibration	4 March	Launch failure
5 March 00:23^[7]	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR			Cape Canaveral LC-36A

		Intelsat VD F-4	Intelsat ^[7]	Geosynchronous ^[7]	Communications ^[8]	In orbit	Successful^[7]
6 March 19:25^[9]	Titan III(23)C ^[9]			Cape Canaveral LC-40

		OPS 8701 (DSP-10)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous^[10]	Early warning^[9]^[11]	In orbit	Successful^[9]
		Final flight of Titan IIIC
22 March 16:00^[12]	Space Shuttle Columbia ^[12]			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-3	NASA	Low Earth ^[13]	Development test flight^[14]	30 March 16:05^[15]	Successful^[15]
		Development Flight Instrumentation	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Monitor orbiter performance		Successful
		OSTA-1	NASA	Low Earth (Columbia)	Remote sensing		Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with two astronauts Only Shuttle flight to land at White Sands Space Harbor Shuttle Imaging Radar-A (SIR-1)
24 March 19:47^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1 ^[1]

		Kosmos 1344 (Parus)		Low Earth	Communications Navigation	In orbit	Successful
25 March 09:50^[1]	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/1 ^[1]

		Meteor-2 No.8		Low Earth	Weather	In orbit	Successful
31 March 09:00^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1345 (Tselina-O)		Low Earth	ELINT	27 September 1989	Successful
April
8 April 00:15^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2^[1]

		Kosmos 1349 (Parus)		Low Earth	Communication Navigation	In orbit	Successful
10 April 06:47^[1]	Delta 3910^[16]/PAM-D			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		INSAT-1A ^[16]	ISRO	Geostationary^[17]	Communications^[17]	In orbit	Spacecraft failure^[18]
		Attitude control system malfunction, ceased operations in September 1982^[18]
19 April^[19] 19:45:00^[1]	Proton-K ^[20]			Baikonur^[20] Site 200/40

		Salyut 7 ^[19] (DOS-6)		Low Earth^[19]	Space station ^[19]	7 February 1991^[20]	Successful^[19]
		Final space station launched as part of the Salyut programme
21 April 01:40^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Kapustin Yar Site 107/1

		Kosmos 1351 (Taifun-2)		Low Earth	Calibration	14 March 1983	Successful
28 April 02:52^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/1^[1]

		Kosmos 1354 (Strela-2)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
29 April 09:55^[1]	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90

		Kosmos 1355 (US-PM1)		Low Earth	ELINT	7 March 1984	Successful
May
6 May 18:07^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk Site 132/2

		Kosmos 1357 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1358 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1359 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1360 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1361 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1362 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1363 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Kosmos 1364 (Strela-1M)		Low Earth	Communications	In orbit	Successful
11 May 18:35	Titan III(23)D			Vandenberg SLC-4E

		OPS 5642 (KH-9-17)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Optical imaging	5 December	Successful
		OPS 6553 (SSF-D)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	ELINT	In orbit	Successful
13 May 09:58	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Soyuz T-5		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Salyut 7 EO-1	27 August 15:04	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with two cosmonauts, first mission to Salyut 7
14 May 19:39	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur Site 90

		Kosmos 1365 (US-A)		Low Earth	Radar imaging	19 October	Successful
23 May 05:58	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Progress 13		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	6 June 00:05	Successful
June
1 June 04:37	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132 or LC133

		Kosmos-1371 (875 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees	comsat	in orbit?	Successful
1 June 13:58	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur LC 90

		Kosmos-1372 (3800 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 65.1 degrees	Reconnaissance	9 September 1982	Successful
3 June 21:30	Kosmos-3MP			Kapustin Yar LC 107

		BOR-4 (1074 kg)	military	fractional LEO, inclination 50.6 degrees	Test	3 June 1982	Successful
6 June 17:10	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132 or LC133

		Kosmos-1375 (750 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees	Anti-satellite weapon target	18 June 1982 (destroyed in orbit)	Successful
9 June 00:24^[21]	Delta 3910			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		Westar 5 ^[21] 1,280 pounds (580 kg)^[21]	Commercial^[21]	Geostationary orbit ^[21]	Communications satellite ^[21]	unknown	Successful^[21]
10 June 17:37	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk LC 32

		Kosmos-1378 (2500 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 82.5 degrees	ELINT	in orbit as in 2012	Successful
18 June 11:04	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur LC 90

		Kosmos-1379 (1400 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees	Anti-satellite weapon	18 June 1982, destroyed while in orbit	Successful, destroyed Kosmos-1375
18 June 11:58	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		Kosmos-1380 (810 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 82.9 degrees	comsat and navigation	27 June 1982	Partial launch failure
		Second stage malfunction during first burn resulted in low transfer orbit apogee. Satellite was deployed in lower than planned orbit.
24 June 16:29	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Soyuz T-6		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Salyut 7 EP-1	2 July 14:20	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts including the first French space traveller
27 June 15:00	Space Shuttle Columbia			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-4	NASA	Low Earth	Developmental test flight	4 July 16:09	Successful
		Classified	US Air Force			In orbit	Successful
		Getaway Special	Utah State	Low Earth		In orbit	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with two astronauts, final developmental test flight
29 June 21:45	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		Kosmos-1383 (810 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 82.9 degrees	navigation, technology	in orbit?	Successful
July
7 July 09:47	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		Kosmos-1386(Parus class)	military	LEO, inclination 83.0 degrees	navigation, Communication	in orbit	Successful
10 July 09:57	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Progress 14		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	13 August 01:29	Successful
16 July 17:59	Delta 3920			Vandenberg SLC-2W

		Landsat 4 (1972kg)	Civilian	SSO	Satellite imagery	in orbit as in 2007	Successful
21 July 06:31	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		Kosmos-1388 – Kosmos 1395(Strela-1M class)	military	LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees	Communication	in orbit	Successful
29 July 19:40	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		Kosmos-1397(Romb class)	military	LEO, inclination 50.6 degrees	Calibration	in orbit	Successful
August
19 August 17:11	Soyuz-U			Baikonur Site 1/5

		Soyuz T-7		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Salyut 7 EP-2	10 December 19:02	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with three cosmonauts
26 August 23:10	Delta 3920			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		Anik D1 (1238kg)	Commercial	GTO	Communications satellite	unknown	Successful
30 August 10:06	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur LC 90

		Kosmos 1402 (3800 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 65.0 degrees	Reconnaissance	23 January 1983 (bus), 7 February 1983 (nuclear core)	Successful
30 August unknown	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		not assigned	military	none	unknown	30 August	Failure to orbit
September
3 September 05:00	N-I			Osaki LC

		Kiku 4 (ETS 3) (385 kg)	civilian	LEO, inclination 44.6 degrees	unknown	unknown	Successful
4 September 17:50	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur LC 90

		Kosmos 1405 (3000 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 65.0 degrees	ELINT	5 February 1984	Successful
9 September 02:12	Ariane 1			Kourou ELA		Arianespace

		MARECS B	ESA	Intended: Geosynchronous	Communications	9 September	Launch Failure
		Sirio 2		Intended: Geosynchronous		9 September	Launch Failure
		Third stage turbopump malfunction
9 September 15:12	Conestoga I			Matagorda Island		Space Services Inc.

		Test payload	Space Services Inc.	Suborbital	Test flight	9 September	Successful
		First private rocket to reach space. Apogee: ~ 309 kilometers (192 miles)^[22]^[23]
16 September 04:55	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/2

		Kosmos 1408 (2500 kg)	Ministry of Defense	LEO, inclination 82.6 degrees	ELINT	Destroyed on 15 November 2021	Successful; later destroyed in ASAT test
		Satellite was destroyed by an anti-satellite missile test on 15 November 2021.^[24]
18 September 04:58	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Progress 15		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	16 October 17:06	Successful
24 September 09:15	Tsyklon-3			Plesetsk Site 32/1

		Kosmos-1410 (2200 kg)	Ministry of Defense	LEO, inclination 82.6 degrees	Geodesy	in orbit as in 2012	Successful
28 September 23:17^[1]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Atlas-Centaur SLV-3D			Cape Canaveral LC-36B

		Intelsat V F-5	Intelsat	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
October
2 October ??:??	Tsyklon-2			Baikonur LC 90

		Kosmos 1412 (3800 kg)	military	LEO, inclination 64.8 degrees	Reconnaissance	4 December 1982	Successful
19 October ??:??	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		Kosmos-1417(Parus class)	military	LEO, inclination 83.0 degrees	navigation, Communication	in orbit	Successful
21 October 01:40^[1]	Kosmos-3M			Kapustin Yar LC 107

		Kosmos 1418 (Taifun-1B class)	military	LEO	Radar target	30 September 1983	Successful
28 October ??:??	Delta 3924			Cape Canaveral LC-17A

		Aurora 1 (Satcom 5) (1102kg)	Commercial	GTO	Communications satellite	unknown	Successful
30 October 04:05	Titan 34D/IUS			Cape Canaveral LC-40

		OPS-9945 (DSCS II F-16)	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		DSCS III A-1	US Air Force	Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Maiden flight of Titan 34D and Inertial Upper Stage
31 October 11:20	Soyuz-U			Baikonur

		Progress 16		Low Earth (Salyut 7)	Logistics	14 December 17:17	Successful
November
11 November ??:??	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		Kosmos 1420(Strela-2 class)	military	LEO, inclination 74.0 degrees	Communication	in orbit	Successful
11 November 12:19	Space Shuttle Columbia			Kennedy LC-39A		United Space Alliance

		STS-5	NASA	Low Earth	Satellite deployment	16 November 14:33	Successful
		SBS-3	SBS	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Anik C3	Telesat Canada	Current: Graveyard Operational: Geosynchronous	Communications	In orbit	Successful
		Getaway Special	West Germany	Low Earth	Microgravity research	16 November	Successful
		Crewed orbital flight with four astronauts; First "operational" Shuttle flight Anik C3 retired 18 June 1997
17 November 21:22	Titan IIID			Vandenberg SLC-4E

		OPS-9627 (KH-11-5)	NRO	Sun-synchronous	Reconnaissance	13 August 1985	Successful
		Final flight of Titan IIID
24 November ??:??	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		not assigned	military	none	Communication	24 November	Failure to orbit
December
21 December 02:38	Atlas E/Star-37S-ISS			Vandenberg SLC-3W

		DMSP 5D-2 F6	US Air Force	Sun-synchronous	Meteorology	In orbit	Successful
29 December ??:??	Kosmos-3M			Plesetsk LC132

		Kosmos 1427 (Tafun-1B class)	military	LEO, inclination 65.8 degrees	Radar target	5 October 1989	Successful

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
1 March	Venera 13	landed on Venus ^[27]
5 March	Venera 14	landed on Venus^[28]
30 March	ISEE-3/ICE	1st flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 19,570 kilometres (12,160 mi)
23 April	ISEE-3/ICE	2nd flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 21,137 kilometres (13,134 mi)
27 September	ISEE-3/ICE	3rd flyby of the Moon	Closest approach: 22,790 kilometres (14,160 mi)

EVAs

Start Date/Time	Duration	End Time	Spacecraft	Crew	Remarks
30 July 02:39	2 hours 33 minutes	05:12	Salyut 7 EO-1	Anatoly Berezovoy Valentin Lebedev	Performing the first EVA from Salyut 7, Lebedev anchored himself with a foot restraint, while Berezovoy assisted from the hatch. After collecting and placing samples on the exterior surface of the spacecraft, Lebedev tested methods for assembly and disassembly work in space, including the Istok panel experiment of turning bolts with a special wrench.

Notes

↑ Originally scheduled for night of 23 September. Postponed – originally to 28 October – due to power supply failure in another, identical, satellite.^[25] The launch was moved back up to 28 September after engineers realized the failure was not caused by a design flaw.^[26]

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[27] Originally scheduled for night of 23 September. Postponed – originally to 28 October – due to power supply failure in another, identical, satellite.^[25] The launch was moved back up to 28 September after engineers realized the failure was not caused by a design flaw.^[26]

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[orlando_sentinel_1982-03-05-7] 1 2 3 4 "NASA launches Intelsat for phone, TV hookups". The Orlando Sentinel . Cape Canaveral, Florida: Tribune Publishing. Sentinel Star Services. 5 March 1982. p. 175. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021– via Newspapers.com.

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January	Kosmos 1331 Kosmos 1332 Kosmos 1333 Satcom 4 Kosmos 1334 OPS 2849 Kosmos 1335
February	Kosmos 1336 Ekran No.22L Kosmos 1337 Kosmos 1338 Kosmos 1339 Kosmos 1340 Westar 4
March	Molniya 1-53 Kosmos 1341 Taifun-2 Intelsat V F-4 Kosmos 1342 OPS 8701 Gorizont No.14L Kosmos 1343 STS-3 Molniya 3-18 Kosmos 1344 Meteor 2-8 Kosmos 1345
April	Kosmos 1346 Kosmos 1347 Kosmos 1348 Kosmos 1349 INSAT-1A Kosmos 1350 Salyut 7 (Iskra 2) Kosmos 1351 Kosmos 1352 Kosmos 1353 Kosmos 1354 Kosmos 1355
May	Kosmos 1356 Kosmos 1357 Kosmos 1358 Kosmos 1359 Kosmos 1360 Kosmos 1361 Kosmos 1362 Kosmos 1363 Kosmos 1364 OPS 5642 OPS 6553 Soyuz T-5 Kosmos 1365 Zenit-6 Kosmos 1366 Kosmos 1367 Kosmos 1368 Progress 13
June	Kosmos 1369 Kosmos 1370 Molniya 1-54 Kosmos 1371 Kosmos 1372 Kosmos 1373 Kosmos 1374 Kosmos 1375 Kosmos 1376 Kosmos 1377 Westar 5 Kosmos 1378 Yantar-4K2 Kosmos 1379 Kosmos 1380 Kosmos 1381 Soyuz T-6 Kosmos 1382 STS-4 Kosmos 1383
July	Kosmos 1384 Kosmos 1385 Kosmos 1386 Progress 14 Kosmos 1387 Landsat 4 Kosmos 1388 Kosmos 1389 Kosmos 1390 Kosmos 1391 Kosmos 1392 Kosmos 1393 Kosmos 1394 Kosmos 1395 Molniya 1-55 Ekran No.23L Kosmos 1396 Kosmos 1397
August	Kosmos 1398 Kosmos 1399 Kosmos 1400 Soyuz T-7 Kosmos 401 Anik D1 Molniya 3-19 Kosmos 1402
September	Strela-2M Kosmos 1403 Kosmos 1404 Kiku-4 Kosmos 1405 Kosmos 1406 Marecs B Sirio 2 Fanhui Shi Weixing 0-5 Kosmos 1407 Kosmos 1408 Ekran No.24L Progress 15 (Astrozond) Kosmos 1409 Kosmos 1410 Intelsat V F-5
October	Kosmos 1411 Kosmos 1412 Kosmos 1413 Kosmos 1414 Kosmos 1415 Kosmos 1416 Kosmos 1417 Gorizont No.16L Kosmos 1418 Satcom 5 DSCS II F-16 DSCS III A-1 Progress 16 (Iskra 3)
November	Kosmos 1419 Kosmos 1420 STS-5 (SBS-3, Anik C3) OPS 9627
December	Kosmos 1427
Unknown month	Kosmos 1421 Strela-1M (x8) Gran' No.21L Kosmos 1422 Kosmos 1423 Meteor 2-9 Kosmos 1424 OPS 9845 Kosmos 1425 Gran' No.22L Kosmos 1426
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1982 in spaceflight

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