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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.

GVM Tselina-2Zenit-2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Parus 58Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Momo 1aN-2

National Space Development Agency of Japan

Success
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Zenit-8 44Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Geo-IK 9Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yantar-4K2 29Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

GOES 7Delta 3924

United States Air Force

Success
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Progress 28Soyuz-U2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Tselina-D 59Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-8 45Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

GVM Tselina-2Zenit-2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Raduga 20Proton-K/DM

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

SROSS-AASLV

Indian Space Research Organization

Failure
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India