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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 32Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Molniya-3 25LMolniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Taifun-1 12Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-4MT 20Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yantar-2K 15Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

DS-P1-M 15Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Geo-IK 1Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Failure
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Progress 12Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Molniya-1K 49Molniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

IS-A 11Tsiklon-2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Kiku-3N-2

National Space Development Agency of Japan

Success
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Parus 26Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-6U 33Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation