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1980-1989 Launch Schedule

Relive a transformative decade in space exploration with our complete 1980-1989 Rocket Launch Schedule. This meticulously detailed guide chronicles every mission from the pioneering era of the Space Shuttle, the breathtaking journeys of the Voyager probes, and the development of international space stations like Mir. Dive into the 1980s and discover the challenges, triumphs, and defining moments that shaped humanity’s ongoing quest to explore the cosmos.

Zenit-6U 15Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Molniya-1K 46Molniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Parus 22Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Okean-E 2Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yantar-2K 12Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Parus 23Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-6U 16Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

KH-11 3Titan IIID

United States Air Force

Success
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

US-K 13Molniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Failure
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Tansei-4Mu-3S

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Success
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan