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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.

GOES 4Delta 3914

United States Air Force

Success
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Soyuz 38Soyuz-U

Soviet Space Program

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Zenit-6U 25Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-4MT 19Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-4MKT 16Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Progress 11Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Zenit-6U 26Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Raduga 7Proton-K/DM

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Zenit-4MKM 39Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Tselina-O 40Kosmos-3M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Zenit-6U 27Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

US-K 17Molniya-M

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Yantar-4K1 3Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Zenit-6U 28Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation