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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.

Yantar-4K2 45Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Foton 5Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-8 80Soyuz-U-PVB

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yantar-4K2 46Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Yantar-1KFT 11Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Resurs-F 1Soyuz-U-PVB

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Uragan 34 & 35Proton

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Zenit-8 81Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Parus 66Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Molniya-3 45LMolniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Okean-O1 4Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Failure
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

GPS-2 2Delta 6925

United States Air Force

Success
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA