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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 68Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Feng Yun 1ALong March 4A

Ministry of Aerospace Industry

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

Progress 38Soyuz-U2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Yantar-4K2 41Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Uragan 29 to 31Proton

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Sakura 3BH-1

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Success
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Ofeq-1Shavit

Israeli Space Agency

Success
Palmachim Airbase, State of Israel

Zenit-8 69Soyuz-U-PVB

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

NOAA 11Atlas E

United States Air Force

Success
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Molniya-3 51LMolniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

US-K 58Molniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Tselina-D 66Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-8 70Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Raduga 22Proton

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

US-K 59Molniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation