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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-8 26Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yantar-4K2 20Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Parus 53Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Tselina-D 53Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Raduga 18Proton-K/DM

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Tsikada 13Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-8 27Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

DFH-2A 1Long March 3

Ministry of Space Industry

Success
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

US-K 46Molniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-8 28Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yantar-4KS1 4Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan