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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.

Meteor-2 15Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yantar-4K2 28Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Tselina-D 58Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-8 42Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Progress 27Soyuz-U2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Strela-2M 41Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Taifun-2 23Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation

Molniya-3 42LMolniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Tsikada 15Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Ekran-M 11LProton

Soviet Space Program

Failure
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Plasma-A 1Tsiklon-2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

GingaMu-3S-II

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Success
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

Soyuz TM-2Soyuz-U2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Zenit-8 43Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Quasar 7Titan 34B

United States Air Force

Success
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA