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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.

Parus 41Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yantar-4K2 4Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yuri 2AN-2

National Space Development Agency of Japan

Success
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Taifun-1 17Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

DFH-2 1Long March 3

Ministry of Space Industry

Partial Failure
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Parus 42Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Tselina-D 44Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Soyuz T-10Soyuz-U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

OhzoraMu-3S

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Success
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan