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.

Yantar-4K2 21Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success

Wed • Feb 26th, 1986
1:39 PM UTC

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

US-P 23Tsiklon-2

Soviet Space Program

Success

Thu • Feb 27th, 1986
1:44 AM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Soyuz T-15Soyuz-U2

Soviet Space Program

Success

Thu • Mar 13th, 1986
12:33 PM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Progress 25Soyuz-U2

Soviet Space Program

Success

Wed • Mar 19th, 1986
10:08 AM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

US-A 28Tsiklon-2

Soviet Space Program

Success

Fri • Mar 21st, 1986
10:05 AM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

US-P 24Tsiklon-2

Soviet Space Program

Success

Tue • Mar 25th, 1986
7:26 PM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Zenit-8 29Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Failure

Wed • Mar 26th, 1986
10:30 AM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Gstar 2 & Brasilsat A2Ariane 3

Arianespace

Success

Fri • Mar 28th, 1986
11:30 PM UTC

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Potok 3Proton-K/DM

Soviet Space Program

Success

Fri • Apr 4th, 1986
3:45 AM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Yantar-4K2 22Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success

Wed • Apr 9th, 1986
8:00 AM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Zenit-8 30Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success

Tue • Apr 15th, 1986
11:40 AM UTC

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Strela-2M 38Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success

Thu • Apr 17th, 1986
9:02 PM UTC

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

KH-9 20Titan 34D

United States Air Force

Failure

Fri • Apr 18th, 1986
6:45 PM UTC

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Molniya-3 43LMolniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success

Fri • Apr 18th, 1986
7:50 PM UTC

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Progress 26Soyuz-U2

Soviet Space Program

Success

Wed • Apr 23rd, 1986
7:40 PM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

GOES GDelta 3914

United States Air Force

Failure

Sat • May 3rd, 1986
10:18 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Zenit-8 31Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success

Wed • May 14th, 1986
12:40 PM UTC

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Tselina-D 55Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Success

Thu • May 15th, 1986
4:26 AM UTC

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Soyuz TM-1Soyuz-U2

Soviet Space Program

Success

Wed • May 21st, 1986
8:21 AM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Foton 2Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success

Wed • May 21st, 1986
4:30 PM UTC

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation