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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.

Fobos-2Proton-K/D-2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

SROSS-BASLV

Indian Space Research Organization

Failure
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Taifun-1 21Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Progress 37Soyuz-U2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Parus 63Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Meteor-3 2Tsiklon-3

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Taifun-2 24Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Potok 5Proton

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

FSW-1 2Long March 2C

Ministry of Aerospace Industry

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

Zenit-8 66Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Molniya-1T 73Molniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yantar-4K2 40Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Gorizont 16Proton

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan