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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 52Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

EkranProton-K/DM

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

FSW-1 1Long March 2C

Ministry of Space Industry

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

Yantar-4KS1 8Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Uragan 20 to 22Proton

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Yantar-4K2 33Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Progress 32Soyuz-U2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Bion 8Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Potok 4Proton

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Zenit-8 53Soyuz U

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

US-P 27Tsiklon-2

Soviet Space Program

Success
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan